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Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Range & Recent Observations

Blue-headed Parrotis a year-round resident and doesn't follow a migration flyway. See the Range tab for where it lives.

Last Spotted Near You

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Classification

Scientific name
Pionus menstruus
Family
New World and African Parrots
Order
Psittaciformes

Similar species

Other members of the new world and african parrots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
  • Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola
  • Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus
  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
  • Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
  • Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
  • Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus
  • Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
  • Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi
  • Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
  • Golden Parakeet Guaruba guarouba

Know when the Blue-headed Parrot turns up near you

Add it to your watchlist and draw an alert zone around the places you actually bird. Birdr checks eBird reports and tells you when one is seen inside it.

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