Blue Headed  Pionus 
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DESCRIPTION: Generally green; head and upper breast deep blue, red base to feathers of neck, which show through partially; black patch to ear-coverts; under tail-coverts red; bill blackish, reddish on sides; skin to periophthalmic ring grey; iris dark brown; feet grey. Immatures with reddish frontal band, head greenish-blue.

Sexing Undeterminable by appearance

Origin Colombia (east of Andes), eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru south to central Brazil and northern Bolivia; Trinidad.

Trainability The Blue Headed Pionus is known for its good-natured personality.

Length 28 cm (11 ins)

Weight 250 g

Average Lifespan 35 Years

Loudness The Blue Headed Pionus has a voice that is quite and not very loud.  They are good for Apartments

Common Names Blue Headed Pionus

Talking Ability Are capable of speaking a few words and phrases.

Notes  The Blue Headed Pionus is also known as the Blue Headed Parrot. It is easily recognizable by its striking blue head plumage, for which it got its name. Unfortunately young Blue Heads do not display their striking plumage until maturity, and they may be passed over for parrots that are more striking when they are young. The Blue Headed Pionus is known for its good-natured personality.  Like most parrots, they may get cranky during breeding season, and moods may change periodically throughout the day.  Compared to Amazons and Conures, these are quiet parrots, though as with most parrots they are capable of making large amounts of noise if they desire. Also, individuals may vary greatly.  The Blue Headed Pionus is a highly intelligent bird and is reported to learn commands such as "step up" and "step down" with ease. Like most Pionus, they are not known to be good talkers.   Also those that do speak tend to have small vocabularies and do not usually have clear speech. They are reported to be easy to tame and generally have very pleasant dispositions.   Immatures may be distinguished by the fact that they have very little blue plumage on their heads. They will reach full coloring by 2 years, though after the first molt they usually have a significant increase in blue color.

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