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Saffron-headed Parrot
Also Known As: Bonaparte's Parrot
Wild Saffron-headed Parrot
Credit: © Nick Athanas
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The Pionopsitta group differs from other parrots by its less-projecting bill, narrower, pointy wings (like a falcon), and longer and narrower tail feathers.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Pionopsitta
Species:
pyrilia
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 24cm (9.3 in) | 103g (3.6 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults in general green, yellow all over head and throat; neck and upper breast olive; a few yellow and red feathers on thighs; yellow lesser wing coverts, bases of the feathers red; bend of wing, carpal edge, underwing coverts, axillary feathers and sides of underparts red; tail green tipped with blue. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring white, eye dark brown.
Colourization Juvenile: Head green instead of yellow; cheeks and ear coverts tinged with olive; throat and upper breast olive; green lesser wing coverts and carpal edge, with a few red feathers in carpal area; lesser underwing coverts red; green greater underwing coverts.
Call: Calls described as scraping sounds and high-pitched notes.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E300.htm&Pic=300_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=1645&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.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.
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