Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
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
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A group of birds taking minerals at a salt lick with Dusky-headed Parakeets and Mealy Parrots Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp rubrigularis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2007 1 year ago 45 sec 4.5 -
A group in a "collpa" (clay lick); Un grupo en la collpa. Blanquillo Macaw lick, Madre de Dios, Peru (ssp menstruus)
José M. Formentí 19 July 2009 24 weeks ago 32 sec 4.4 -
Large groups flying above the river at sunrise Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas, Brazil (ssp menstruus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 July 2007 2 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a branch Talamanca, Costa Rica (ssp rubigularis)
Max Roth 31 March 2001 4 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
Many birds in a tree, two of them squabbling persistently Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas, Brazil (ssp menstruus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 July 2007 2 years ago 35 sec 4.1 -
Birds taking salts from the clay lick site 2 Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 25 weeks ago 25 sec 4
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Bird on recovery. Centro Experimental Amazónico (CEA), Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 June 2009 40 weeks ago 4 -
A group in clay lick ("collpa"); Un grupo en la "collpa" Blanquillo Macaw lick, Madre de Dios, Peru (ssp menstruus)
José M. Formentí 10 August 2007 24 weeks ago 3.3 -
an inquisitive looking bird in Parque das Aves near Iguassu Falls Brazil
marianhw 1 October 2009 14 weeks ago 3 -
Blue-headed Parrot Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 23 September 2008 50 weeks ago 3 -
a bird perching outside cafe in Parque das Aves near Iguassu Falls Brazil
marianhw 1 October 2009 14 weeks ago 2.7 -
A bird perched on the top of a dead tree. Las Claritas, Bolívar, Venezuela (ssp menstruus)
philgunson 23 October 2008 1 year ago 2.5
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Calls of a pair. Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil
(ssp reichenowi)
Ciro Albano 17 November 2008 50 weeks ago 3
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