Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
White-bellied Parrot (Pionites leucogaster)
French: Caïque à ventre blanc
German: Rostkappenpapagei
Spanish: Lorito Rubio
Other common names: White-bellied Caique
Taxonomy: Psittacus leucogaster Kuhl, 1820, Brazil.
Forms a parapatric species pair with P. melanocephala. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- xanthomeria (P. L. Sclater, 1858) - E Peru and N Bolivia to W Brazil S of Amazon.
- xanthurus Todd, 1925 - Brazil S of Amazon from R Purús and R Juruá to R Madeira.
- leucogaster (Kuhl, 1820) - N Brazil from R Madeira to Maranhão.
- Least Concern
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A bird perched Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil (ssp leucogaster)
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 4 years ago 21 sec 3.9 -
Two birds on a branch Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil (ssp leucogaster)
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 4 years ago 33 sec 3.8 -
A close-up of a bird perched Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil (ssp leucogaster)
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 4 years ago 29 sec 2.9 -
A close-up of a bird on a perch Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp xanthomeria)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 1 year ago 25 sec 2.8
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Front on, perched bird. Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil
mark sutton 15 February 2009 35 weeks ago 2
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Calls from a perched bird. Palmarí Natural Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil
(ssp xanthomeria)
Nick Athanas 24 December 2007 14 weeks ago 4.5
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