Parrots (Psittacidae)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) - HBW 4, p. 462
French: Pione à tête bleue
German: Schwarzohrpapagei
Spanish: Loro Cabeciazul
Other common names: Red-vented Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus menstruus Linnaeus, 1766, Surinam.
Three subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rubrigularis Cabanis, 1881 - NE Costa Rica to N & W Colombia and W Ecuador.
- menstruus (Linnaeus, 1766) - E Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru and N Bolivia E to Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas, and through Amazonia to NE Brazil.
- reichenowi (Heine, 1884) - E Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A group of birds taking minerals at a salt lick with Dusky-headed Parakeets and Mealy Parrots Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp rubrigularis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2007 3 years ago 45 sec 4.8 -
A group in a "collpa" (clay lick); Un grupo en la collpa. Locality Blanquillo Macaw lick, Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp menstruus)
José M. Formentí 19 July 2009 2 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
Large groups flying above the river at sunrise Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp menstruus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 July 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Talamanca, Costa Rica (ssp rubigularis)
Max Roth 31 March 2001 6 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
Many birds in a tree, two of them squabbling persistently Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp menstruus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 July 2007 4 years ago 35 sec 4.1 -
Birds taking salts from the clay lick site 2 Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 25 sec 4
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Bird on recovery.
Locality Centro Experimental Amazónico (CEA), Mocoa, Putumayo Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A single bird at the Embera Drua Village.
Locality Chagres National Park, Panama
Octavio Rios 4 December 2011 9 weeks ago 3.9 -
A group in clay lick ("collpa"); Un grupo en la "collpa"
Locality Blanquillo Macaw lick, Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp menstruus)
José M. Formentí 10 August 2007 2 years ago 3.3 -
A bird perched in a morototó tree (Schefflera morototoni).
Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp menstruus)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 3 -
an inquisitive looking bird in Parque das Aves near Iguassu Falls
Locality Brazil
marianhw 1 October 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Blue-headed Parrot
Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 23 September 2008 2 years ago 3
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Calls of a pair. Locality Porto Seguro, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp reichenowi)
Ciro Albano 17 November 2008 2 years ago 3
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