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title: "Black-headed Parrot"
description: "Pionites melanocephalus — Birds. The black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephalus; sometimes incorrectly Pionites melanocephala) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-headed-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Black-headed Parrot

> Pionites melanocephalus — Birds. The black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephalus; sometimes incorrectly Pionites melanocephala) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.

- Scientific name: *Pionites melanocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 861
- Wikidata: [Q922245](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922245)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73250](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73250)

## Names

- en: Black-headed Parrot
- de: Grünzügelpapagei
- es: Perico cabeza prieta
- fr: Caïque maïpouri
- nl: Zwartkopcaique
- pt: Marianinha-de-cabeça-preta
- pl: Białobrzuszka czarnogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

EC (171), CO (63), GF (61), PE (35), BR (15), GY (11), SR (7), VE (4)

## Summary

The black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephalus; sometimes incorrectly Pionites melanocephala) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. Other colloquial names are black-crowned parrot, black-capped parrot, black-headed caique, and for subspecies P. m. pallidus, pallid caique. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-headed_parrot

## Photo

![Black-headed Parrot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-headed-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234969682

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-headed-parrot?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).