Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)

Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)

Brazil

The Blue-headed Parrot is one of the most common parrots in tropical South America. There are three subspecies and this is a photo of the nominate subspecies.

Note the blue head and the red undertail coverts.

Blue-headed Parrot, Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, April 2003 - click for larger image

In flight it has a distinctive low wing stroke with the wings almost touching below the body. They are often found in large flocks.

There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 4, Pages 299, 307 and 460; and in Hilty & Brown, Plate 11.

Blue-headed Parrot, Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil, November 2005 - click for larger image

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