Pionopsitta haematotis (P.L.Sclater & Salvin, 1860)

Size and Weight

The brown-hooded parrot (Pionopsitta haematotis) measures 21 to 23 cm (8.3 to 9.1 in) in length and weighs 145 to 150 g (5.1 to 5.3 oz).

Adult Plumage

Adult brown-hooded parrots have reddish brown on the crown, ear coverts, and throat, a pinkish red patch behind the eye, and white nares and eye ring. Their nape and breast are dull olive-yellow, their flanks are red, and most of the rest of their body is green. The edge of their wing is blue, their flight feathers are blackish blue, and the tips of their tail feathers are blue.

Subspecies Plumage Difference

The subspecies P. h. coccinicollaris has an extra patch of pinkish red below the dark throat that sometimes extends around the neck.

Immature Plumage

Immature birds closely resemble adults, but have a paler head, no red patch behind the eye, and a greener breast.

Nominate Subspecies Range

The nominate subspecies of the brown-hooded parrot is distributed from Veracruz and Oaxaca in southeastern Mexico, south along the Caribbean slope through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, then across both slopes in Costa Rica and western Panama.

P. h. coccinicollaris Range

P. h. coccinicollaris is found from the area of the Panama Canal into the Chocó, Antioquia, and Córdoba departments of northwestern Colombia.

Habitat

This species lives in the canopy and edges of humid evergreen forest, cloudforest, and mature secondary forest.

Elevation Range

It mostly occurs at elevations ranging from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft), but can be found as high as 1,900 m (6,200 ft).