Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) [XC238884]
by Niels Krabbe from Esmeraldas: 23 road km NNW Alto Tambo, 2 km N main road, Ecuador (flight call)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) [XC272205]
by Peter Boesman from Mozeskreek area, W Suriname, Suriname (call, call flight)
Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
rubrigularis Cabanis, 1881 - North-eastern Costa Rica to northern and western Colombia and western Ecuador.
menstruus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and northern Bolivia east to Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas, and through Amazonia to north-eastern Brazil.
reichenowi Heine, 1884 - Eastern Brazil. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Blue-breasted Parrot (Pionus reichenowi).