Pileated Parrot (Pionopsitta pileata)
About the Pileated Parrot
The South American pileated parrot (Pionopsitta pileata) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. It was formerly known as the red-capped parrot, easily leading to confusion with the Australian Purpureicephalus spurius that bears that English name. The pileated parrot is the only member of genus Pionopsitta and has no subspecies. However, what are now the seven species in genus Pyrilia were for a long period included in Pionopsitta. A local name for the pileated parrot in Brazilian Portuguese is "cuiú cuiú".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 66 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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