PANAMA PARROT 



they fly over the forests in pairs, fours or sixes 

 (le:s often is any odd number seen), giving their 

 characteristic cries and traveling slowly and 

 apparently laboriously with rapid beats of their 

 wings. 



6. Amazona ochrocephala panamensis 



(Cabanis) 

 Panama Parrot. "Loro real" 



Length 307 mm. (12.10- in.); tail 105 mm. 

 (4.10 in.). 



Sexes alike. Upperparts yellowish parrot 

 green, the forehead and middle of crown bright 

 yellow; a patch on the wing quills red, the outer 

 quills terminating in blue and bluish black; tail 

 parrot green, the terminal third of all excepting 

 the middle pair of feathers, light yellowish green; 

 sides of head and neck and under parts light 

 yellowish green. Bare skin of face white; bill 

 whitish; iris yellow. 



Young. Similar to adults. 



A large proportion of the smaller Amazonas of 

 the Canal Zone probably belong to this species, 

 although opportunities for clearly observing its 

 colors are infrequent. It was identified at Barro 

 Colorado and at Pedro Gonzales in the Pearl 

 Islands. 



7. Pionus menstruus (Linnaeus) 

 Blue-headed Parrot. "Casanga" 



Length 244 mm. (9.60 in.); tail 73 mm. 

 (2.85 in.). 



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