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Bronze-winged Parrot

Pionus chalcopterus

Description:

From parrots.org : " Colourization Adult: Both adults dark purple/blue in colour; bronze/brown neck and head, feathers widely tipped with dark purple/blue; white chin; dull pink edging on feathers of foreneck, producing a wide band; bronze/green upper back, mantle, and scapulars; deep blue rump and lower back; red undertail coverts; bronze/brown upper wing coverts and tertials; dark blue tail with red at base. Bill yellow. Eye ring bare and brown/pink. Eye brown. Colourization Juvenile: Green head and upperparts; brown underparts washed with blue, and with dark green edging to feathers; brown upper wing coverts tipped pale brown and edged with green. Eye ring bare and yellow/white. Eye brown. Call: Calls made in flight are harsh and screeching. Resembles calls of Blue-headed Parrot (P. menstruus). "

1 Species ID Suggestions

Melodious
Melodious 11 years ago
Bronze-winged parrot
Pionus chalcopterus Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus) | Parrot Encyclopedia


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6 Comments

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 11 years ago

Pionus Parrots are one of my favorites! They were popular pets 10 years ago, but you don't see them as much now. I always love seeing wild shots of them in the wild.

GustavoMorejon
GustavoMorejon 11 years ago

Thank you Birdsong, Telse and Joshua; You were right Joshua : it is in fact Pionus chalcopterus.

Telse
Telse 11 years ago

EPIC! Gustavo.

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

gorgeous!

Melodious
Melodious 11 years ago

Great photo!

GustavoMorejon
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GustavoMorejon

Guayllabamba, Provincia de Pichincha, Ecuador

Spotted on Apr 9, 2013
Submitted on Apr 21, 2013

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