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Vulturine Parrot
Vulturine Parrot in captivity
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Did You Know?
The Vulturine Parrot and the Orange-headed Parrot (Pionopsitta aurantiocephala) are both bald-headed, lacking the feathering that all other parrots have. It is thought that this adaptation occured due to the birds' feeding habits depositing fruit pulp all over their heads.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Pionopsitta
Species:
vulturina
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 23cm (9 in) | 120g (4.2 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults in general green; brown/yellow, bare forehead; yellow/brown lores and chin; black, bare crown to ear coverts and cheeks; occipital band reaching to throat yellow, bordered by black nuchal collar; dull olive/yellow upper breast with light black scalloping; red/orange bend of wing; red/orange lesser wing coverts; red carpal edge, axillaries and underwing coverts. Bill green/grey with yellow spot at base of upper mandible. Eye orange.
Colourization Juvenile: Brown/yellow, bare lores to area around eye, the remainder of head dull green and feathered; occipital band and nuchal collar absent; dull yellow/green upper breast; orange/yellow bend of wing and lesser wing coverts. Bill yellow in young birds.
Call: Calls in flight are distinctive and flowing, a two-syllable series of notes.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E302.htm&Pic=302_1.JPG
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1647&m=0
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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