BRONZE-WINGED PARROT

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. It is mainly dark with a whitish chin patch surrounded by a pink ring, and red undertail coverts. The green with a dull olive brown head, yellow and black bars on the mantle, back and rump, and red undertail coverts. 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 tips and sometimes scattered red feathers.
There are two subspecies:

★ P. c. ''chalcopterus'': Venezula and most of Colombia.

★ P. b. ''cyanescens'': SW Colombia, Ecuador, N Peru. Broader blue margins on feathers, chin patch and surrounding ring smaller and less distinct.
The Bronze-winged Parrot is mainly found from 1,200-2,400m (extreme range 200-2,800m) in pairs of small groups of up to ten birds.

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★ BirdLife International 2004. Pionus chalcopterus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed on 12 August 2007.

★ Juniper & Parr (1998) ''Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World''; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.