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title: "Bronze-winged Parrot"
description: "Pionus chalcopterus — Birds. The bronze-winged parrot (Pionus chalcopterus) is a medium-sized pionus parrot 28 cm (11 in) long."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/bronze-winged-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bronze-winged Parrot

> Pionus chalcopterus — Birds. The bronze-winged parrot (Pionus chalcopterus) is a medium-sized pionus parrot 28 cm (11 in) long.

- Scientific name: *Pionus chalcopterus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1136
- Wikidata: [Q850014](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q850014)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19099](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19099)

## Names

- en: Bronze-winged Parrot
- de: Glanzflügelpapagei
- es: Loro negro
- fr: Pione noire
- nl: Bronsvleugelmargrietje
- pt: Maitaca-asa-de-bronze
- pl: Piona brązowoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

EC (508), CO (404), VE (4)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Bronze-winged Parrot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bronze-winged-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326616189

## Machine access

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