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Blue-headed Parrot vs Bronze-winged Parrot

Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)

Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Medium251 gForest

The blue-headed parrot is about 28 cm (11 in) long and weighs 245 g (8.6 oz). It is mainly green with a blue head, neck and upper breast, red undertail coverts, and some yellowish on the wing coverts. The upper mandible is black with reddish areas on both sides. They have dark ear patches.

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Sonogram of the Blue-headed Parrot
Recorded by M.S. Hoogmoed · Suriname · CC BY 4.0
Photo: Ricardo Sánchez · CC BY 2.0
Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus)

Bronze-winged Parrot

Pionus chalcopterus

Medium210 gForest

The bronze-winged parrot is mainly dark with a whitish chin patch and its upper chest is speckled with pink feathers. It has short red undertail feathers. The rump, tail and wings are dark blue with lighter blue underwings. The head is dark blue-green; the mantle, back and underparts are dark bronze-green with some blue tipped feathers and sometimes scattered red feathers. Its beak is pale yellow. In adults the ring of bare skin around the eyes is pink. Juveniles have whitish eyerings and their underparts are brownish.

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Photo: Randy · CC BY 2.0

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