Bird Guide

Dusky Parrot vs Speckle-faced Parrot

Dusky Parrot (Pionus fuscus)

Dusky Parrot

Pionus fuscus

Medium206 gForest

The dusky parrot is approximately 24 cm (9.4 in) long. It has a medium-wide gray eye-ring (often fades to white in captivity), a splay of cream-white feathers on its upper neck, a pinkish-red tinge to the belly, and red undertail coverts. The remiges and tail are blue, with the latter red at the base. Overall, the dusky parrot is a dark brownish-gray (tending towards black in poor light) bird.

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Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
Speckle-faced Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus)

Speckle-faced Parrot

Pionus tumultuosus

Medium239 gForest

The plum-crowned parrot is 29 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long and weighs about 229 g (8.1 oz). Adults' forehead and crown are plum and the rest of their face, their throat, and their breast are dull purple with plum pink flecks. Their back, wings, and belly are green. Their undertail coverts and the base of their tail are red; the rest of their tail is green with some blue on the outer feathers. Their bill is pale yellowish horn-colored, their iris dark with grayish skin around it, and their legs and feet gray. Voice: The plum-crowned parrot's flight call is "a low, harsh crrah." It makes a variety of "conversational" calls, some of them nasal, when perched.

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Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

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