Pionus chalcopterus

(Fraser, 1841)

Vernacular names
English : Bronze-winged Parrot
French : Pione noire

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can grow to 29 cm in length for a weight of 210 g. Plumage mostly dark blue, duller with a more violet tinge on head and back. Bronze-brown wings, bright red undertail. Clear spots on breast. Red eye-ring, bright yellow bill.

Range and habitat
The species is found in the Andes of South America, from western Venezuela and through Colombia and Ecuador to northwest Peru. Lives in highland cloud forests, humid forests, dry woodlands, to 2800 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species is mostly uncommon and threatened in parts of its range by rapid deforestation. Still locally common in parts of Colombia.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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