Brown-hooded Parrot

Pyrilia haematotis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1860)

Psittacidae — African & New World Parrots

Brown-hooded Parrot, Pyrilia haematotis, lives in Middle America and South America from south-eastern Mexico to north-western Colombia. It belongs to the Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots, and was described by Sclater and Salvin in 1860. The species is found in humid evergreen forest, cloudforest and mature secondary forest, especially in the canopy and along edges. It breeds in tree cavities. Its range includes both slopes in Costa Rica and western Panama, with the nominate form extending through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. A second subspecies occurs from the Panama Canal into north-western Colombia.

Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae — African & New World Parrots
Breeding range: Middle America, South America: se Mexico to nw Colombia