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The white-crowned parrot is a medium-sized parrot of about 24cm in length. It has a broad body and a short tail, with a dark brown iris and brownish-pink eye ring. The bill is yellowish with a slight green coloration. Its forehead, crown and lores are pure white with white patch on chin and center of throat. The belly is mainly green; the basal colors of feathers on the breast are green with dark blue and purplish-blue tips, and light blue at the subterminal band.
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When to see the White-crowned Parrot
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-crowned Parrot
The map shades 7 countries 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
About the White-crowned Parrot
The white-crowned parrot, also known as the white-crowned pionus in aviculture, is a small parrot which is a resident breeding species ranging from eastern Mexico to western Panama.
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Easily confused with
Scaly-headed ParrotPionus maximilianiThe scaly-headed parrot is 25 to 29 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long and weighs 233 to 293 g (8.2 to 10 oz).
Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterusThe bronze-winged parrot is mainly dark with a whitish chin patch and its upper chest is speckled with pink feathers.
Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruusThe blue-headed parrot is about 28 cm (11 in) long and weighs 245 g (8.6 oz).
Side by side: Blue-headed Parrot vs White-crowned Parrot · Scaly-headed Parrot vs White-crowned Parrot · Bronze-winged Parrot vs White-crowned Parrot
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