Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Kuhl, 1820)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Trapping for the cage-bird trade is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) [XC790466]
by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (flight call, song)

Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) [XC753628]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o, Praia da Jur\u00e9ia S\u00e3o Paulo-SP Brasil, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

maximiliani (Kuhl, 1820) - North-eastern and central-eastern Brazil.
siy Souanc�, 1856 - South-eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, central-western and central-southern Brazil and northern Argentina.
lacerus Heine, 1884 - North-western Argentina in Tucumán, eastern Catamarca and southern Salta.
melanoblepharus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 - South-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northern Argentina in Misiones.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) - 10 files

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