Red-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops) | Photos and ID

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ForestCavity nestMedium · 103 g

Red-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops), photo 1 — Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0

Red-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops), photo 2 — Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0

Red-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops), photo 3 — Photo: Martin Vallejos · CC BY 4.0

Red-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops), photo 4 — Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0

Red-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Red-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Martin Vallejos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

Voice: The Red-faced parrot species is known for their distinct flight call. It consists of several repeated calls of "chek-chek...chek-chek" or "chek-chek-chek…". When in a perched position, they are noted to make a variety of calls. These include nasal calls, such as the sounds "kyek" and "crreet".

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When to see the Red-faced Parrot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-faced Parrot

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador

Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.

About the Red-faced Parrot

The red-faced parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.

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Easily confused with

Black-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca melanotisThe black-winged parrot is about 24 cm (9.4 in) long.

Fuertes's ParrotHapalopsittaca fuertesiFuertes's parrot is about 23 to 24 cm (9.1 to 9.4 in) long and weighs about 124 g (4.4 oz).

Rusty-faced ParrotHapalopsittaca amazoninaThe rusty-faced parrot is about 23 cm (9.1 in) long and weighs 97 to 115 g (3.4 to 4.1 oz).

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