Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) [XC275221]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) [XC864044]
by Alain Malengreau from Snowy Cotinga House, Changuinola, Provincia de Bocas del Toro, Panama (call, flight call)
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).