Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus)
About the Bronze-winged Parrot
The bronze-winged parrot (Pionus chalcopterus) is a medium-sized pionus parrot 28 cm (11 in) long. It is a short-tailed stocky parrot found in forest and woodland in north-western South America. The bronze-winged parrot is mainly dark with a whitish chin patch and its upper chest is speckled with pink feathers. It has short red undertail feathers. 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 tipped feathers and sometimes scattered red feathers. Its beak is pale yellow. In adults the ring of bare skin around the eyes is pink. Juveniles have whitish eyerings and their underparts are brownish.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 94 recordings for this species: 21 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. 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 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruusrecording
- Red-billed ParrotPionus sordidusrecording
- White-capped ParrotPionus seniloidesrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.