Bald Parrot | Animalz

Bald ParrotThis parrot occurs in Brazil. Its 2002 original description used the genus name Pionopsitta aurantiocephala; the current candidate name in this dataset is Pyrilia aurantiocephala.What does it look like?Adult specimens used in the original description had bare skin on the head and nape, colored bright orange. The paper distinguished this from the black-headed P. vulturina.How does it live?This parrot occurs in Brazil. Its 2002 original description used the genus name Pionopsitta aurantiocephala; the current candidate name in this dataset is Pyrilia aurantiocephala.Store norske leksikon reports the species from humid tropical and swamp forest and says it nests in tree hollows.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.