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title: "Blue-headed Parrot"
description: "Pionus menstruus — Birds. The blue-headed parrot, also known as the blue-headed pionus (Pionus menstruus) is a medium-sized parrot of about 27 cm (11 in) in length."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-headed-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-headed Parrot

> Pionus menstruus — Birds. The blue-headed parrot, also known as the blue-headed pionus (Pionus menstruus) is a medium-sized parrot of about 27 cm (11 in) in length.

- Scientific name: *Pionus menstruus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `zoo` (Zoo & pets), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 4674
- Wikidata: [Q641947](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641947)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19096](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19096)

## Names

- en: Blue-headed Parrot
- de: Schwarzohrpapagei
- es: Loro cabeciazul
- fr: Pione à tête bleue
- nl: Zwartoormargrietje
- pt: Maitaca-de-cabeça-azul
- pl: Piona niebieskogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1168), EC (535), PE (528), PA (504), BR (415), CR (119), BO (101), GF (71), GY (58), TT (40), VE (28), SR (24)

## Summary

The blue-headed parrot, also known as the blue-headed pionus (Pionus menstruus) is a medium-sized parrot of about 27 cm (11 in) in length. The body is mostly green, with a blue head and neck, and red undertail coverts. It is a resident in tropical and subtropical South America and southern Central America, from Costa Rica, Venezuela and the Caribbean island of Trinidad south to Bolivia and Brazil.
Its habitat is forest and semi-open country, including cultivated areas. It is largely restricted to humid or semi-humid regions, but locally extends into drier habitats, at least along rivers. The blue-headed parrot lays…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387293316

## Machine access

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