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Revision as of 17:02, 29 January 2011 by Njlarsen (talk | contribs) (id)
Pionus senilis
Photo by Reini
Photo taken: N. Costa Rica, at the Laguna del Lagarto Lodge (private rainforest)

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.

Flight

This bird and other members of its genus have distinctive, deep wingbeats, quite different from an Amazona parrot.

Similar Species

Blue-headed Parrot overlaps with the southern part of its range.

Distribution

Mexico to Panama.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Forests and edge, mostly humid forests.

Behaviour

Wing beats are deep.

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