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Rose-faced Parrot  

Also Known As: Beautiful Parrot
 
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A group of wild Rose-faced parrots

Credit: © Oláh János
 
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Did You Know?
Two of the Pionopsitta species are bare-headed: the Vulturine Parrot (P. vulturina) and the Orange-headed Parrot (P. aurantiocephala).

Species Profile
Genus:
Pionopsitta

Species:
pulchra

Size: Adult Weight:
23cm (9 in) 203-208g (7.1-7.3 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults mainly green in colour; dark grey/brown crown to nape; rose/pink lores to area around eye, ear coverts and hindcheeks; pale rose chin and forecheeks; dull olive/yellow hindneck, reaching to breast where turns to greenish colour; orange and yellow lesser wing coverts and forewing; green axillary feathers and sides of underbody; green tail tipped with blue, with red at base. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring white. Eye yellow.

Colourization Juvenile: Rose/pink on face confined to superciliary line and ear coverts; green/brown cheeks and chin; more green to crown and nape; olive/yellow tinge to green breast. Eye brown.

Call: Calls made in flight are harsh and shrieking.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E297.htm&Pic=297_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=1643&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, 2006.