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Bronze-winged Parrot  

Also Known As: Bronze-winged Pionus
 
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Bronze-winged Parrot

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Pionus will wheeze and gasp when alarmed or stressed and, if left alone, will stop doing it. It is important, however, to distinguish this from respiratory disease in captive birds.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pionus

Species:
chalcopterus

Size: Adult Weight:
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

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.lynxeds.com/

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.