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Status in the Wild

World Population:
Not recorded

Range:
P.m. maximiliani: NE Brazil, from Ceara, Piaui and S Maranhao south to Espirito Santo, C Minas Gerais, and S Goias.
P.m. melanoblepharus: C Brazil, from S Goias and southern Minas Gerais, south to E Paraguay and NE Argentina, in Misiones and Corrientes.
P.m. siy: Mato Grosso, Brazil, to C Bolivia, Paraguay and N Argentina, in Formosa and Chaco.
P.m. lacerus: NW Argentina, in Catamarca and Tucuman to S Salta and W Chaco.


Habitat:
Found up to 2000m (6560 ft) in various habitats from lowland dry forest to dry caatinga and seasonal cerrado savannas. Also found in more humid forest such as gallery woodland and Araucaria sp. forest and subtropical forests on east Andean slopes.

Threat Summary:
Decline in some parts of range (N Argentina) due to wild bird trade. Elsewhere less numerous because of habitat loss. Since 1981 there have been 93,234 individuals traded on the international market.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Feeds on Erythina, Inga, Piptadenia, Copaifera, Croton, Pachystroma, Plathymenia reticulata, Ficus and Araucaria sp. plants.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Tolerant of human disturbance of forest habitats and sometimes cultivated sites. Social; forming large flocks where food abundant. Roosts communally in tall tree-tops.

Clutch and Egg Size:
4-5 broadly elliptical to short ovate eggs, 32.5 x 24.5mm (1.3 x 0.9 in).

Breeding Season:
October

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.unesco.org.uy/mab/documentospdf/nataliapoliti-becasmab2005.pdf

http://www.aultimaarcadenoe.com/Pedro%20Barros%20ingles.htm

http://www.fatparrots.org/pages/dietresearch.html

More Info Sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-headed_Parrot

http://www.faunaparaguay.com/pionus_maximiliani.html