Saffron-headed Parrot
Pyrilia pyrilia
Unmistakable medium-sized parrot found from eastern Panama into Colombia and Venezuela. Green body with a bright yellow head and white eyering. Also note yellow shoulder and blue flight feathers. In flight, look for red underwing coverts and short square tail. Uncommon in forests and edge, mainly in the lowlands and foothills, up to around 1,600 m.
识别特征
The saffron-headed parrot is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4 in) long. Adults have an almost entirely yellow head and neck. They have a ring of bare white skin around their eye; brown feathers are around it and on their lores and nares, and a red wash is behind the eye. Their breast is olive that continues as a thin line around the back of the neck. Most of the rest of their body is green, with yellow shoulders, red carpals and flanks, and yellow lower thighs. Their primaries are blackish and their tail feathers have dusky blue tips. Immature birds have green heads, shoulders, and carpals.
分类信息
The saffron-headed parrot and the other six members of genus Pyrilia were until the early 21st century included in genus Pionopsitta with the pileated parrot (P. pileata). The saffron-headed parrot is monotypic.
- 学名
- Pyrilia pyrilia
- 命名信息
- (Bonaparte, 1853)
- 目
- Psittaciformes
- 科
- Psittacidae
- 属
- Pyrilia
分布与栖息地
The saffron-headed parrot is found in Panama's eastern Darién Province, in north and central Colombia, and in northwestern Venezuela. Though one source describes it as "very rare (status uncertain)" in Ecuador, the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society does not recognize any records in that country. It inhabits the interior and edges of humid to wet forest, both primary and secondary, usually at elevations below about 900 m (3,000 ft). It occurs in cloudforest up to 1,650 m (5,400 ft) but that may be only seasonally.
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
The saffron-headed parrot appears to be mostly sedentary, with possibly seasonal elevational movements and some nomadic roaming.<p>Nothing is known about the saffron-headed parrot's feeding behavior or diet.<p>The saffron-headed parrot breeds between March and June in Colombia. Nothing else is known about its breeding biology.<p>The saffron-headed parrot's most common calls are "a shrieking “cureek” or “queek” " that are made both from a perch and in flight. It also "utters piercing, hoarse-sounding calls" from perches.
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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其他鸟类
Brown Tinamou
Crypturellus obsoletus
A rusty-colored tinamou with a grayish head and darker brown back. The vent is barred, but can be hard to see. Frequents humid forest (including second growth forests) with a dense understory, where it is shy and hard to see. The song is a long series of loud ascending whistles; the pauses between them can be long or short.
Rusty-bellied Shortwing
Brachypteryx hyperythra
A very small, dark bird of dark undergrowth in evergreen forests. The male has gray-blue upperparts, bright orange underparts, and a short white eyebrow. The female is grayish-brown above, with duller orangish underparts. Very shy and inconspicuous. The jingling song consists of high-pitched, bell-like, tinkling notes that accelerate rapidly towards the end.
Swallow-tailed Cotinga
Phibalura flavirostris
Visually striking cotinga with an intricate plumage pattern and a long, deeply-forked tail, which is yellow at the base and darker towards the tip. Note the black cap contrasting with a pale bill, yellow chin, and a pied scaly shawl. The back is spotted olive and black and the underparts are yellow and white with odd spots. Usually seen perched on the top of trees at forest edges and in woodlands and open areas with scattered trees. Usually silent.
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