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title: "Scaly-headed Parrot"
description: "Pionus maximiliani — Birds. The scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/scaly-headed-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scaly-headed Parrot

> Pionus maximiliani — Birds. The scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.

- Scientific name: *Pionus maximiliani*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1943
- Wikidata: [Q1087201](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1087201)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19094](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19094)

## Names

- en: Scaly-headed Parrot
- de: Maximilianpapagei
- es: Loro maitaca
- fr: Pione de Maximilien
- nl: Maximiliaanmargrietje
- pt: Maitaca-verde
- pl: Piona łuskowana

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1116), AR (532), BO (74), PY (26)

## Summary

The scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is also called scaly-headed pionus, Maximilian pionus, Maximilian parrot, Maximilian's pionus, or Maximilian's parrot. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/168700741

## Machine access

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