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Thaimau, Para, Brazil, April 2003

Pionopsitta aurantiocephala

[edit] Identification

• Overall green plumage
• Bald, brownish-orange head
• Red underwing coverts

[edit] Distribution

Amazonian Brazil (middle Rio Tapajós and possibly lower Rio Madeira)

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Vulturine Parrot (sensu lato) by some authors^[2]

This species is sometimes placed in genus Pyrilia.

[edit] Habitat

Gallery forest and white-sand forest

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruit.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. SACC proposal to use genus Pyrilia
4. Wikipedia
5. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds