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Brown-hooded Parrot  

Also Known As: Red-eared Parrot, Red-necklaced Parrot (P.h. coccinicollaris)
 
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Brown-hooded Parrot perched

Credit: © Jim McKendry
 
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Did You Know?
The Brown-hooded Parrot is so secretive that often the only sign of its presence in the wild is falling fruit (while feeding) or occasional calls.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pionopsitta

Species:
haematotis

Size: Adult Weight:
21cm (8.2 in) 145-150g (5.1-5.25 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: P.h. haematotis: both adults grey/brown crown to nape; white lores; brown/maroon ear coverts and area underneath eye; grey/brown cheeks and throat, turning to black towards sides of neck; olive/yellow hindneck, reaching to breast where turns to green; red axillaries and undersides; green tail tipped with blue and red at base. Bill horn in colour with pale brown/yellow tinge. Eye ring white. Eye yellow. P.h. coccinicollaris: both adults red markings on lower foreneck and upper breast, often forming band in male, more faintly in female.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults head colouration paler; breast more green; brown/maroon on ear coverts absent. Eye brown.

Call: Calls made in flight are squeaky notes alternating with harsh sounds; also a variety of gurgles and warbles.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E298.htm&Pic=298_1.JPG

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1642&m=0

xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.