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Black-headed Parrot / Pionites melanocephalus LC

  • Synonyms Black headed Parrot, Black-crowned Parrot, Black-headed Caique
  • Old latin name for bird Psittacus melanocephalus, Pionites melanocephala

Black-headed Parrotbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © GABRIEL LEITE
    Brazil
  • 2.
    Call, © Guy Kirwan
    Colombia
  • 3.
    Calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 4.
    Flight calls, © Niels Krabbe
    Ecuador
  • 5.
    Calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 6.
    Call perched, © Peter Boesman
    Suriname
  • 7.
    Calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 8.
    Call, flight call, © Fabrice Schmitt
    Peru
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

White-bellied Parrot

Where to see Black-headed Parrot

  • Breeding region South America
  • Breeding subregion n Amazonia

Black-headed Parrot subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Pionites melanocephalus melanocephalusse Colombia and s Venezuela through the Guianas and n Brazil-No
Pionites melanocephalus palliduss Colombia to ne Peru-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Catalanlloro capnegre
Chinese黑头凯克鹦哥, 黑冠鹦哥
Chinese (Traditional)黑頭鸚哥
Croatianzlatnovrata papiga
Czechamazónek černotemenný, Papoušek cernotemenný
DanishSortkronet Korthalepapegøje
DutchZwartkopcaique
Estonianmustpea-papagoi
Finnishmustalakkiaratti
FrenchCaïque maïpouri, Maïpouri à tête noire, Caïque maïpourri, Caïque à tête noire
GermanGrünzügel-Papagei, Grünzügelpapagei
Hungarianfeketesapkás papagáj
ItalianCaicco testanera, Pappagallo testanera
Japaneseズグロシロハラインコ
Lithuanianjuodagalvė baltapilvė papūga
NorwegianSvartkronet hvitbukspapegøye, Svartkappet hvitbukspapegøye, svartkronepapegøye, Svartkronet Hvitbukpapegøye
Norwegian NynorskSvartkrona kvitbukpapegøye
Polishbiałobrzuszka czarnogłowa, barwinka czarnogłowa, barwinka czarnoglowa
Portuguesemaipuré, papagaio-de-barrete-preto, marianinha-da-cabeça-preta, Marianinha-de-cabeça-preta, cabeça-preta, periquito-de-cabeça-preta
RussianЧерноголовый белобрюхий попугай, Черноголовый лорито, Черноголовый Попугай
SerbianCrnokapi papagaj
Slovaktepuj čiernohlavý, Tepuj čiernotemenný
SpanishCotorra Pechiblanca, Lorito Gordo de Cabeza Negra, Perico Calzoncito, Lorito Chirlicrés, Lorito chirlecrés
Swedishsvarthuvad vitbukspapegoja
TurkishKara Başlı Papağan
Ukrainianпапуга-білочеревець чорноголовий