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[[Image:Blue-headed_Parrot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Oregonian|Oregonian}}<br />Pereira, Risaralda, [[Colombia]], May 2004]]
 
;[[: Category:Pionus|Pionus]] menstruus
 
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[[Image:Blue-headedParrots.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br /> Near Manu Wildlife Center Lodge,  [[Peru]], September, 2009]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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27cm.  Green, blue head and neck, red under tail feathers, yellow wing coverts, black upper mandible with reddish sides, dark ear patches. Sexes alike. '''Juvenile''' - less blue on head, red or pink feathers around ceres.
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27cm
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*Green plumage
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*Blue head and neck
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*Red under-tail feathers
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*Yellow wing coverts
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*Black upper mandible with reddish sides
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*Dark ear patches<br />
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Sexes similar<br />
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'''Juvenile'''
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*Less blue on head
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*Red or pink feathers around [[Topography#Heads|ceres]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Costa Rica]], [[Venezuela]], [[Trinidad]] south to [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]].  
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[[Image:Blue-headedParrots.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br /> Near Manu Wildlife Center Lodge,  [[Peru]], September, 2009]]
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]<br />
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'''Central America''': [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Trinidad]]<br />
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'''South America''': [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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There are 4 subspecies.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''P. m. rubrigularis'':
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:*Tropical northern [[Costa Rica]] to western [[Colombia]] and western [[Ecuador]]
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*''P. m. menstruus'':
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:*Eastern [[Colombia]] to the [[Guianas]], [[Trinidad]], northern [[Brazil]] and [[Bolivia]]
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*''P. m. reichenowi'':
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:*Coastal north-eastern Brazil (Alagoas to Espírito Santo)
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Two additional subspecies ''chlorocyanescens'' and ''cyanescens'' are generally considered invalid<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Forest, semi-open country, cultivated areas.  
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A wide variety of woodland and forest habitats, suburban gardens and mixed agricultural areas. Lowland rainforest in the tropical zone. Observerved at heights between 290m and 1400m.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes fruit, seed and grain.
 
The diet includes fruit, seed and grain.
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====Breeding====
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It nests in a tree cavity and 3-5 white eggs are laid.
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It nests in a tree cavity; the clutch consists of 3-5 white eggs.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Pionus+menstruus}}  
 
{{GSearch|Pionus+menstruus}}  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pionus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pionus]]

Revision as of 00:46, 18 January 2011

Photo by Oregonian
Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, May 2004
Pionus menstruus

Identification

27cm

  • Green plumage
  • Blue head and neck
  • Red under-tail feathers
  • Yellow wing coverts
  • Black upper mandible with reddish sides
  • Dark ear patches

Sexes similar
Juvenile

  • Less blue on head
  • Red or pink feathers around ceres

Distribution

Photo by Stanley Jones
Near Manu Wildlife Center Lodge, Peru, September, 2009

Central and South America
Central America: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • P. m. rubrigularis:
  • P. m. menstruus:
  • P. m. reichenowi:
  • Coastal north-eastern Brazil (Alagoas to Espírito Santo)

Two additional subspecies chlorocyanescens and cyanescens are generally considered invalid[2].

Habitat

A wide variety of woodland and forest habitats, suburban gardens and mixed agricultural areas. Lowland rainforest in the tropical zone. Observerved at heights between 290m and 1400m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit, seed and grain.

Breeding

It nests in a tree cavity; the clutch consists of 3-5 white eggs.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia
  4. BF Member observations

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