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Bronze-winged Parrot
It is mainly dark with a whitish chin patch and its upper chest is speckled with pink feathers. It has short red undertail feathers. The rump, tail and wings are dark blue with lighter blue underwings. The head is dark blue-green; the mantle, back and underparts are dark bronze-green with some blue tipped feathers and sometimes scattered red feathers. Its beak is pale yellow. In adults the ring of bare skin around the eyes is pink. Juveniles have whitish eyerings and their underparts are brownish.
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The Bronze-winged Parrot is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
or Bronze-winged Parrot, is a very attractive and popular pet.... More
The Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus) is a medium sized pionus parrot 28 cm (11 in) long. It is a short-tailed stocky parrot found in forest and woodland in north-western South America. More
Bronze-winged Parrot in captivity © Anthony Snell Bronze-winged Parrot in captivity © Anthony Snell Page 1 of 1 pages Copyright © 2008 World Parrot Trust - All rights reserved. More
Captive Bronze-winged parrots are ready to breed at two years of age, although better success is obtained from birds 3 years and up. Some pairs take as long as five years to bond and establish their first nest, while others readily go to nest as soon as they are physically able. Hens brood for 26-28 days (the variation is due to some hen's habit of not brooding a clutch util the second egg is laid). More
The Bronze-winged Parrot, Pionus chalcopterus, is a medium sized (29cm) short-tailed stocky parrot found in the NE Andes from Venezuela and Colombia through NW Peru. More
Family : Psittacidae
Genus : Pionus
Species : chalcopterus
Authority : (Fraser, 1841)