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| − | ;Pionus senilis | + | [[Image:White-crowned_Parrot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini<br />Photo taken: N. [[Costa Rica]], at the Laguna del Lagarto Lodge (private rainforest)]] |
| − | [[Image:White-crowned_Parrot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini<br />Photo taken: N. Costa Rica, at the Laguna del Lagarto Lodge (private rainforest)]] | + | |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | ==Distribution | + | Mostly green with bluish neck including rear part, rear crown, and breast; white chin and front of head to middle of crown. Bluish flight feathers and most of tail, brownish smaller and median wing coverts visible on the sitting bird. Vent area red. Legs, feet, and bill whitish. Juvenile lacking bluish around head and has reduced white on crown. |
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Mexico]] to [[Panama]]. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a monotypic species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forests and edge, mostly humid forests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Wing beats are deep. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Pionus+senilis}} | {{GSearch|Pionus+senilis}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pionus]] |
Revision as of 19:31, 10 May 2008
- Pionus senilis
Identification
Mostly green with bluish neck including rear part, rear crown, and breast; white chin and front of head to middle of crown. Bluish flight feathers and most of tail, brownish smaller and median wing coverts visible on the sitting bird. Vent area red. Legs, feet, and bill whitish. Juvenile lacking bluish around head and has reduced white on crown.
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Forests and edge, mostly humid forests.
Behaviour
Wing beats are deep.
