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White-capped Parrot  

Also Known As: White-capped Pionus, White-headed Parrot, Speckle-faced Parrot
 
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Captive White-capped Pionus or Parrot

Credit: © Anthony Snell
 
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Did You Know?
The eggs of Pionus parrots are proportionately larger for the size of the bird than those of other parrot species.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pionus

Species:
seniloides

Size: Adult Weight:
30cm (11.7 in) 229g (8 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general green, lower underparts being paler; white forehead and forecrown, the feathers grey just before the tips and orange/red tipped on forehead; dark grey ear coverts marked with pink; white cheeks and lores, dark grey edging on the feathers; feathers on forecheeks sometimes edged with orange/red; throat has pink band, turning to red/purple on chest and further blending with brown on abdomen; red undertail coverts; green tail with red at base. Bill pale olive/yellow. Eye ring bare and pale grey. Eye brown.

Colourization Juvenile: Feathers on head green with white bases showing; feathers on crown edged with dull red; white sides of head, with margined green feathers; green throat and breast, the feathers with dull red/mauve in centre.

Call: Calls are described as distinctive; in flight a smooth series of notes with a laughing tone, also harsher notes. While perched calls take on a nasal tone.

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Content Sources:

Article "The Genus Pionus," by C.T.E. Partridge http://www.upatsix.com/faq/pionus.htm

Animal World http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/pionus/PionusProfile.htm

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.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.