black-headed parrot
Pionites melanocephalus latin

The black-headed parrot can have a tendency to bite, so owners may need to set boundaries early on.

There are two subspecies of the black-headed parrot.

Originally Pionites had two species, the black-headed parrot and white-bellied parrot.

Black-headed parrots are popular in aviculture.

Black-headed parrots poorly mimic human speech.

Black-headed parrots are energetic pets.

The black-headed parrot is Pionites melanocephalus.

Pionites melanocephala (Black-headed parrot)

The only ways to determine gender of an individual black-headed parrot are surgical sexing and DNA sexing.

Within hours, a capybara, a llama, a black-headed parrot, a red parrot, a rabbit, three guinea pigs and a Patagonian hare were dead.

The black-headed parrot is a medium-small, short-tailed parrot with a black crown, yellow to orange head, whitish belly, yellow thighs and crissum, green back, wings and upper tail, blue primaries (blackish from below), and greyish-black bill and feet.

The black-headed parrot is Pionites melanocephalus.