Speckle-faced Parrot

Pionus tumultuosus

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The Speckle-faced Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus) is a species of parrot from the humid Andean forests from Colombia, through Ecuador and Peru, to Bolivia. It is sometimes split into two species, in which case the southern Pionus tumultuosus retains the common name Speckle-faced Parrot or is renamed Plum-crowned Parrot or Plum-crowned Pionus, while the northern Pionus seniloides is referred to as the White-capped Parrot or White-headed Pionus (leading to easy confusion with Pionus senilis). The two were...

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Taxonomy:family Psittacidae