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Pileated Parrot
Also Known As: Red-capped Parrot
Group of Pileated Parrots
Credit: (c) Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
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Did You Know?
If alarmed the Pileated Parrot will "freeze" momentarily before flying off.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Pionopsitta
Species:
pileata
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 22cm (8.6 in) | 98-120g (3.4-4.2 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male-in general green plumage; red forehead, crown, and lores to area around eyes; brown/purple ear coverts; purple/blue outer lesser underwing coverts; blue/green inner lesser underwing coverts; green tail tipped with blue. Bill green/grey, becoming horn in colour towards tip. Eye ring bare and grey. Eye dark brown. Female-green crown and lores to area around eyes; green forehead tinted with blue.
Colourization Juvenile: In male red confined to thin frontal band with orange/yellow patch behind; female as in adult.
Call: Calls made in flight are rapid and repititious high-pitched shrieks; also a three syllable series of notes. Loud, babbling chatter from perched flock.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E296.htm&Pic=296_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=1641&m=0
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.
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