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Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Photo by Carolina
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Field Notes

Description:

They eat fruit and seeds, and sometimes grain. They roost communally in palm and other trees, and large numbers can be seen at the roost sites at dawn and dusk.

Habitat:

Its habitat is forest and semi-open country, including cultivated areas in tropical and subtropical South America and southern Central America, from Costa Rica, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Brazil.

Notes:

Spotted them this morning.

Reference Links:

EOL: Pionus menstruus, Blue-headed Parrot

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Carolina
Its an Amazonian parrot. According to IUCN Red List is native to: Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. I didn't know I have this parrot in my neighborhood, I knew about them because you see people having them as pets or captive in the zoo. Tienes que estar pendiente! I'm gonna try to record their call tomorrow morning.
Juan DiTrani
I have never seen this specie in Panama. Is this endemic on Comobia?

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PublishedNovember 27, 2011

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