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Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
West Andes. Colombia, September 2011

Pionus chalcopterus

[edit] Identification

28cm

• Dark bluish-green head
• Dark bronze green back, mantle and underparts
• Dark blue wings, rump and tail
• White chin patch
• Pink speckled upper breast
• Pale yellow bill
• Bare pink eye ring
  

Juvenile

• White eyering
• Brown underparts

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in humid forests of north-eastern Colombia, western Venezuela, Ecuador, north-western Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Subspecies cyanescens is generally considered invalid^[1].

[edit] Habitat

1,200-2,400m

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The nests are place in tree cavities. The clutch of 3-4 white eggs is incubated by the female for 26 days.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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