Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Elizabeth Axley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Attila Oláh, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), photo 5 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), photo 6 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Luis G Restrepo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Zac Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Attila Oláh, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Rose-faced Parrot sounds like

Sonogram of the Rose-faced Parrot: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Flight call · Esmeraldas: Canandé, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The rose-faced parrot is 21.5 to 23 cm (8.5 to 9.1 in) long. Adults have a reddish brown crown and are pinkish rose from their lores across most of their face. Their nape and breast are dull olive-yellow. Most of the rest of their body is green, with orange and yellow on the bend of the wing, mostly black flight feathers, and blue on the tips of the tail feathers. Their bill is pale creamy whitish. Immature birds are much like adults but with limited rose on the face. Voice: The rose-faced parrot's flight call is "a harsh, far-carrying 'shreek! shreek!'." It also makes "mostly harsh calls and various gurgling and squeaking notes" when perched.

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When to see the Rose-faced Parrot

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rose-faced Parrot

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Colombia

About the Rose-faced Parrot

The rose-faced parrot is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Easily confused with

Orange-cheeked ParrotPyrilia barrabandiThe parrots are 25 cm (9.8 in) in size and weigh 165–190 g (5.8–6.7 oz).

Saffron-headed ParrotPyrilia pyriliaThe saffron-headed parrot is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4 in) long.

Caica ParrotPyrilia caicaThe caica parrot is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 121 to 143 g (4.3 to 5.0 oz).

Side by side: Brown-hooded Parrot vs Rose-faced Parrot · Orange-cheeked Parrot vs Rose-faced Parrot

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