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title: "White-crowned Parrot"
description: "Pionus senilis — Birds. The white-crowned parrot (Pionus senilis), also known as the white-crowned pionus in aviculture, is a small parrot which is a resident breeding species ranging from eastern Mexico to western Panama."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-crowned-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-crowned Parrot

> Pionus senilis — Birds. The white-crowned parrot (Pionus senilis), also known as the white-crowned pionus in aviculture, is a small parrot which is a resident breeding species ranging from eastern Mexico to western Panama.

- Scientific name: *Pionus senilis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 2192
- Wikidata: [Q997666](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q997666)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19100](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19100)

## Names

- en: White-crowned Parrot
- de: Glatzenkopfpapagei
- es: Loro corona blanca
- fr: Pione à couronne blanche
- nl: Witkopmargrietje
- pt: Maitaca-de-testa-branca
- pl: Piona białoczelna

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1031), MX (506), BZ (100), HN (86), GT (68), PA (58), NI (55)

## Summary

The white-crowned parrot (Pionus senilis), also known as the white-crowned pionus in aviculture, is a small parrot which is a resident breeding species ranging from eastern Mexico to western Panama.
It is found in lowlands and foothills locally up to 1600 m altitude in forest canopy and edges, and adjacent semi-open woodland and second growth. The 3 to 6 white eggs are laid in an unlined nest, usually a natural cavity in a tree or a hollow palm stub.
The white-crowned parrot is 24 cm long and weighs 220 g. The adult male has a white forehead and crown, the feature which, likened to an old man's white hair, gave rise…

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

## Photo

![White-crowned Parrot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-crowned-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342165283

## Machine access

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