Pileated Parrot Pionopsitta pileata
Pileated Parrot, Intervales, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click on image for a larger view Brazil
October 2022

The Pileated Parrot is distributed in south-east Brazil and adjacent areas of Argentina and Paraguay. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in Atlantic Rain Forest up to about 1,500 metres.

Pileated Parrot, Salesopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click on image for a larger view

It is noted for its red cap. It feeds on seeds and fruits and nests in holes in trees.

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