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Bronze-winged Parrot
Also Known As: Bronze-winged Pionus
Bronze-winged Parrot in captivity
Species Profile
Genus:Pionus
Species:
chalcopterus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 29cm (11.3 in) | 210g (7.3 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults dark purple/blue in colour; bronze/brown neck and head, feathers widely tipped with dark purple/blue; white chin; dull pink edging on feathers of foreneck, producing a wide band; bronze/green upper back, mantle, and scapulars; deep blue rump and lower back; red undertail coverts; bronze/brown upper wing coverts and tertials; dark blue tail with red at base. Bill yellow. Eye ring bare and brown/pink. Eye brown.
Colourization Juvenile: Green head and upperparts; brown underparts washed with blue, and with dark green edging to feathers; brown upper wing coverts tipped pale brown and edged with green. Eye ring bare and yellow/white. Eye brown.
Call: Calls made in flight are harsh and screeching. Resembles calls of Blue-headed Parrot (P. menstruus).
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Content Sources:
Article "Bronze-winged Pionus," by Susan Clubb, DVM http://www.cyberparrots.com/bwpionus.html
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1658&m=0
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.
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