Pileated parrot

Weight

119 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

16.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

2src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The pileated parrot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPsittaciformes
5. familyPsittacidae
6. genusPionopsitta
7. SpeciesPionopsitta pileata (Scopoli, 1769)

Synonyms Psittacus mitratus, Psittacus pileatus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Blue-and-yellow macaw

Ara ararauna

Psittacidae

EN, Endangered

Grey parrot

Psittacus erithacus

Psittacidae

LC, Least Concern

Scarlet macaw

Ara macao

Psittacidae

LC, Least Concern

Red-and-green macaw

Ara chloropterus

Psittacidae

VU, Vulnerable

Hyacinth macaw

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

Psittacidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Blue-throated macaw

Ara glaucogularis

Psittacidae

ComparePileated parrot vs Blue-and-yellow macawPileated parrot vs Grey parrotPileated parrot vs Scarlet macawPileated parrot vs Red-and-green macaw

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@misc{pileated_parrot_2026,
  title = {Pileated parrot (Pionopsitta pileata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pileated-parrot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}