Plum-crowned Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus)

Other Names (World)
Plum-crowned Parrot, Speckle-faced Parrot (tumultuosus), White-capped Parrot (seniloides), White-headed Parrot (seniloides)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
26 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Tschudi, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,000 - 3,000 m, occasionally 1,600 - 3,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Plum-crowned Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus) [XC745436]
by id from Corani Forest, Chapare, Departamento de Cochabamba, Bolivia (song, subsong)

Plum-crowned Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus) [XC228150]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Villa Rica-Oxapampa road, Pasco, Peru (call)

Subspecies
Pionus tumultuosus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was provisionally split into Plum-crowned Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus) and Pionus seniloides by Stotz et al. (1996) but this treatment has not been adopted, following SACC (2005).

Subspecies seniloides often regarded as a separate species, but differences between them slight and superficial, appearing more appropriate for subspecific separation.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

seniloides (Tschudi, 1844) - Western Venezuela through central-eastern Colombia and northern Ecuador to north-western Peru. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, White-capped Parrot (Pionus seniloides).
tumultuosus (Tschudi, 1844) - Central and southern Peru and mountains of Bolivia east to Santa Cruz.

References
See References.

Files:

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