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Red-billed parrot

Pionus sordidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 265.8 g to 266 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus)
Photo: Nomdeploom · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-billed parrot

Weight
266 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red-billed parrot live?

Not recorded

What is the red-billed parrot?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus), also known as coral-billed pionus or red-billed pionus, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-billed parrot” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-billed_parrot&oldid=1368538877), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the red-billed parrot endangered?

The red-billed 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

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the red-billed parrot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusPionus
  7. SpeciesPionus sordidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Psittacus sordidus

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • ببغاء أحمر المنقارArabic
  • lloro bec-roigCatalan
  • amazónek červenozobýCzech
  • parot picochWelsh
  • Rødnæbbet PionusDanish
  • DunenkopfpapageiGerman
  • ruĝbeka papagoEsperanto
  • loro sórdidoSpanish
  • Loro piquirrojoSpanish
  • punanokk-papagoiEstonian
  • punanokka-arattiFinnish
  • Pione à bec rougeFrench
  • crvenokljuna papigaCroatian
  • piroscsőrű papagájHungarian
  • korallcsőrű papagájHungarian
  • Pappagallo beccorossoItalian
  • ヨゴレインコJapanese
  • raudonsnapė raudonsturplė papūgaLithuanian
  • RoodsnavelmargrietjeDutch
  • rødnebbpapegøyeNorwegian
  • piona koralodziobaPolish
  • curica-de-bico-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Maitaca-de-bico-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Maitaca-de-peito-vermelhoPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-bico-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Красноклювый амазонетRussian
  • Красноклювый красногузый попугайRussian
  • amazoňan červenozobýSlovak
  • Crvenoobrazni pionus papagajSerbian
  • rödnäbbad papegojaSwedish
  • Kırmızı Gagalı PapağanTurkish
  • папуга-червоногуз зеленоголовийUkrainian
  • 紅嘴鸚哥Chinese
  • 红嘴鹦哥Chinese

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Relatives of the red-billed parrot

Other species in the same genus Pionus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the red-billed parrot?

An adult red-billed parrot weighs 266 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-billed parrot endangered?

The red-billed parrot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the red-billed parrot?

The red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-billed-parrot

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{red_billed_parrot_2026,
  title = {Red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-billed-parrot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}