Red Billed Parrot

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Mindo, February 2011.

Bird name: Red billed Parrot
Latin: Pionus sordidus
Other: Loro sórdido (Es)
Family: Psittacidae • Parrots
Range: Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador
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I saw these Red-billed Parrots at various locations in and around Mindo, Ecuador. They are the only parrots with reddish bills in Ecuador, they also have blue around the throat and red in the tail, which is short. The rest is green.





Below, Red-billed Parrots flying over Mindo, Ecuador, March 2011.