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Caica Parrot  

Also Known As: Hooded Parrot
 
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Wild Caica Parrot foraging in tree

Credit: (c) Ron Hoff
 
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The head of the juvenile Caica Parrot lacks the stunning black mask of the adult.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pionopsitta

Species:
caica

Size: Adult Weight:
23cm (9 in) 121-141g (4.2-5 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults green in general; black/brown head; yellow/brown wide collar around nape and hindneck, with dark brown scalloping; olive/brown throat and upper breast; green bend of wing, carpal edge and underwing coverts. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring bare and pale grey. Eye orange.

Colourization Juvenile: Green occiput and crown; olive/green cheeks; yellow collar around hindneck, scalloping absent; green throat and upper breast with olive/yellow wash.

Call: This bird is not very vocal; any calls made in flight are nasal or hornlike. When perched a nasal, honking sound.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E301.htm&Pic=301_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=1646&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.