blue-headed parrot (Pionus menstruus) Pionus menstruus
English: A Blue-headed Parrot, also known as a Blue-headed Pionus, at Canaima, Venezuela
Español: Loro - Canaima, Venezuela
Date 15 November 2007
Author Diego Delso https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Poco_a_poco
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pionus_menstruus_-Canaima,_Venezuela-8.jpg
The blue-headed parrot or blue-headed pionus (Pionus menstruus) is a medium large parrot. It is about 27 cm long and they are mainly green with a blue head and neck, and red under tail feathers. It is a resident bird in tropical and subtropical South America and southern Central America, from Costa Rica, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Brazil. It is named for its medium-blue head and neck.
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Androglossini
Genus: Pionus
Species: Pionus menstruus (Linnaeus, 1766)
