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'''Common Name:''' Blue-headed Parrot<br>
'''Scientific Name:''' Pionus menstruus

'''Size:''' 10½  inches (27 cm)

'''Habitat:''' Central and South America; Costa Rica, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Brazil.  ''P. menstruus reichenowi'' is found only in East Brazil. Habitat is in woodlands and subtropical forests. 

'''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global population:''' Unknown. Vulnerable in the wild due to habitat loss, illegal capture for the pet trade and poisoning as crop pests.

'''Diet:''' Fruit, seeds and sometimes grain (making them crop pests)
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Nesting:''' Sexes are alike. Parrots are cavity nesters; either creating of taking over abandoned nests in trees and laying three to four white eggs in a tree cavity.

'''Cool Facts:''' This parrot also known as the Blue-headed Pionus  They roost communally in palm and other trees, and large numbers can be seen at the roost sites at dawn and dusk. They are noisy and gregarious.


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