White-capped parrot
Pionus seniloides (Massena & Souancé, 1854)
The white-capped parrot (Pionus seniloides) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 239 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the white-capped parrot
- Weight
- 239 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 white-capped parrot live?
Not recorded
What is the white-capped parrot?
The white-capped parrot (Pionus seniloides) or white-capped pionus is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Is the white-capped parrot endangered?
The white-capped parrot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 white-capped parrot classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPsittaciformes
- familyPsittacidae
- genusPionus
- SpeciesPionus seniloides (Massena & Souancé, 1854)
Synonyms Pionus tumultuosus seniloides, Psittacus seniloides
Other names and names in other languages (24)
- Lloro carapigallatCatalan
- lloro de cara pigalladaCatalan
- amazónek bělohlavýCzech
- Rødisset PionusDanish
- GreisenkopfpapageiGerman
- blankĉapa papagoEsperanto
- Loro seniloideSpanish
- Pione givréFrench
- Pione givréeFrench
- biserastoglava papigaCroatian
- Pappagallo testabiancaItalian
- シロガシラインコJapanese
- GrijskopmargrietjeDutch
- fregnepapegøyeNorwegian
- piona siwogłowaPolish
- curica-grisalhaPortuguese
- papagaio-de-barrete-brancoPortuguese
- Седоголовый амазонетRussian
- Сероголовый красногузый попугайRussian
- amazoňan sivohlavýSlovak
- vitpannad papegojaSwedish
- папуга-червоногуз сивоголовийUkrainian
- 白頂鸚哥Chinese
- 白顶鹦哥Chinese
Relatives of the white-capped parrot
Other species in the same genus Pionus.
Blue-headed parrot
Pionus menstruus
Bronze-winged parrot
Pionus chalcopterus
Dusky parrot
Pionus fuscus
Scaly-headed parrot
Pionus maximiliani
White-crowned parrot
Pionus senilis
Red-billed parrot
Pionus sordidus
CompareWhite-capped parrot vs Blue-headed parrotWhite-capped parrot vs Bronze-winged parrotWhite-capped parrot vs Dusky parrotWhite-capped parrot vs Scaly-headed parrot
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-capped parrot?
An adult white-capped parrot weighs 239 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-capped parrot endangered?
The white-capped 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 white-capped parrot?
The white-capped parrot (Pionus seniloides) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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