Dusky Parrot
A species of Pionus Parrots Scientific name : Pionus fuscus Genus : Pionus Parrots
Dusky Parrot, A species of Pionus Parrots
Botanical name: Pionus fuscus
Genus: Pionus Parrots
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Description
The dusky parrot is approximately 24 cm (9.4 in) long. It has a medium-wide gray eye-ring (often fades to white in captivity), a splay of cream-white feathers on its upper neck, a pinkish-red tinge to the belly, and red undertail coverts. The remiges and tail are blue, with the latter red at the base. Overall, the dusky parrot is a dark brownish-gray (tending towards black in poor light) bird. 
Size
26 cm
Nest Placement
Cavity
Feeding Habits
Dusky Parrot primarily consumes seeds, including those of Eschweilera subgrandulosa and Micropholis melinoneana. Specific foraging behaviors and dietary adaptations remain poorly documented.
Habitat
The dusky Parrot primarily resides in humid tropical evergreen forests, favoring terra firme regions. It is less commonly found in both seasonally and permanently flooded forests, such as várzea and igapó. The species also seasonally extends into sand-ridge forests and savanna woodlands, with a presence in coastal gallery woodlands in some areas of its range.
Dite type
Herbivorous
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Feeding Habits
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Distribution Area
The dusky parrot's natural habitat is humid lowland forest. Its range is northern South America, and is centered on the Guiana countries, the Guiana Shield, and the northeastern Amazon Basin. It is mostly limited on the west in central-eastern Venezuela by avoiding the Orinoco River itself, but living on its eastern side, from near the Caribbean coast to about 1000 km upstream. To the west a small disjunct group lives west of Lake Maracaibo on the Colombia-Venezuela border. Other limits to dusky parrot's range is northwest Maranhão state Brazil, Baia de Sao Marcos; also in the southeast Amazon Basin, the confluence of the northern flowing Araguaia-Tocantins River. South of Guyana in the western Guianas, the range limit of the dusky parrot is in central Roraima state Brazil; the bird is found east of the south-flowing Branco River in its lower reaches; the upper reaches are in the contiguous range going into Guyana and Venezuela.
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