Avibase: Pionites melanocephalus (Black-headed Parrot)

Black-headed Parrot

Pionites melanocephalus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Ricardo Gagliardi	2022-01-13	Mucajaí, Roraima, Brazil (Brazil) (280 m)	call - [also] [sono]	837018 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Mauricio Álvarez Rebolledo (Colección de Sonidos Ambientales - I	2000-01-01	PNN Chiribiquete, Solano, Caquetá, Caquetá (Colombia) (350 m)	song - BSA 351 To obtain a wav file of the original recording, please contact [email protected] playback-used:no	117345 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Mauricio Cuéllar-Ramírez	2025-08-17	Cerro Azul, San José Del Guaviare, Guaviare, San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (200 m)	- [sono]	1035874 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Tristan Guillebot de Nerville	2024-11-20	Route de Saint-Elie (near Sinnamary), Arrondissement of Cayenne, Sinnamary (French Guiana) (10 m)	flight call - [sono]	1139134 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	GABRIEL LEITE	2016-01-20	Caracaraí, Roraima, Roraima (Brazil) (100 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	303417 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Jerome Fischer	2020-12-17	Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Nariño (Colombia) (850 m)	call, flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	609630 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel)	2021-11-10	Finca El Gomo/ Vd Samaritana - Piamonte, Cauca, Santa Rosa (Colombia) (260 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	689462 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus pallidus	John V. Moore	2005-05-00	Orellana: Laguna Añangu ('Napo Wildlife Center'), s-bank Río Napo, Napo (Ecuador) (235 m)	calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Perched pair. Edited playback-used:no	257678 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus melanocephalus	Guy Kirwan	2017-02-15	Inírida, Guainía, Guainía (Colombia) (110 m)	call - Single individual perched. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	357513 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel)	2021-04-25	Caño Lagunilla - Morelia, Caquetá, Caquetá (Colombia) (240 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	642670 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	gleison fernando guarin largo	2026-03-01	, Guainía (Colombia)	-	652139790 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus pallidus	Andrew Spencer	08-01-2011	Yasuní Research Station, Parque Nacional Yasuní, Orellana, Napo (Ecuador) (250 m)	calls (A) - various call types from a flock of perched birds; recorded from a canopy tower.	69830 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus pallidus	Andrew Spencer	08-01-2011	Yasuní Research Station, Parque Nacional Yasuní, Orellana, Napo (Ecuador) (250 m)	calls (A) - various call types from a perched bird; recorded from a canopy tower.	69829 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Marc Anderson	2025-01-27	Cuyabeno River, Sucumbíos, Cuyabeno (Ecuador) (220 m)	call - [sono]	983005 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Marc Anderson	2025-01-31	Cuyabeno River, Sucumbíos, Cuyabeno (Ecuador) (220 m)	flight call - [also] [sono]	982754 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Marc Anderson	2025-01-28	Cuyabeno River, Sucumbíos, Cuyabeno (Ecuador) (220 m)	flight call - [sono]	982755 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Peter Boesman	2014-03-22	Colakreek, Para, Para (Suriname)	call perched - [also] [sono]	271964 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Fabrice Schmitt	2013-06-20	San Lorenzo, Loreto, Loreto (Peru) (160 m)	call, flight call - 4 small parrots, perched and then took off. Just glimpsed when they took off... bird-seen:no playback-used:no	189325 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus pallidus	John V. Moore	2003-11-00	Orellana: Laguna Añangu ('Napo Wildlife Center'), s-bank Río Napo, Napo (Ecuador) (235 m)	calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD single bird playback-used:no	257680 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus	Peter Boesman	2014-03-14	Mozeskreek area, W Suriname, Sipaliwini (Suriname)	call - [also] [sono]	272187 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus pallidus	Frank Lambert	2022-10-14	Kenke, Reserva Flor de Inirida - Inírida, Guainia, Puerto Inírida (Colombia) (110 m)	call, flight call - Perched at the beginning, but later in flight	1035029 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus melanocephalus	A. Renaudier	?-?-2008	Mana, piste ONF Dardanelles, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (French Guiana) (50 m)	call in flight (A) -	29429 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus pallidus	Patricio Mena Valenzuela	2007-10-06	Sucumbíos: Garzacocha, Cuyabeno (Ecuador) (190 m)	call - [sono]	856924 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Parrot - Pionites melanocephalus pallidus	Andrew Spencer	06-01-2011	Yasuní Research Station, Parque Nacional Yasuní, Orellana, Napo (Ecuador) (250 m)	calls (A) - calls from a flyby flock of ~20 birds	70285 xeno-canto.org

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