Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Brown-hooded Parrot FAMILY - Psittacidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Pionopsitta haematotis SYNONYMS - Pionus haematotis - Sclater and Salvin, 1860 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 26 Resident, species present all year. 25 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 24 At risk, taken and kept as pets. 24 Vulnerable in Belize 24 Killed as agricultural/maricultural pests 24 District Reference Belize 5 Cayo 5 Orange Walk 5 Stann Creek 6 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Manatee Forest Reserve Permanent 6 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 15 Columbia River Forest Reserve Dry season 4 Columbia River Forest Reserve 20 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting Wet season 14 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 18 Gallon Jug Permanent 5 Gallon Jug Dry season 11 Gallon Jug 12 Gallon Jug Sighting 16 Guanacaste National Park Sighting Wet season 13 Chiquibul National Park 11 Chiquibul National Park 15 Bladen Nature Reserve 9 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Dry season 11 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 17 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 22 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve 10 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 8 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Dry season 11 Private land, see comments Sighting Wet season 11 Private land, see comments 7 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 22 Private land, see comments Sighting 16 Government land Collected as voucher 22 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 18 Belize River 11 Mullins River Drainage 6 Bladen Branch 9 Macal River 7 New River 10 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 16 1-200 m 18 1-200 m 19 1-200 m 21 1-200 m 22 601-800 m 20 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 10 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 16 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 18 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 19 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 16 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 6 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 22 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 22 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 16 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 16 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 22 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 19 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 16 Subtropical wet 22 Subtropical wet 17 Subtropical wet 16 Subtropical moist 22 Subtropical moist 21 Subtropical moist 19 Subtropical moist 18 Subtropical moist 16 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 20 General Distribution Comments 26* Common northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. 25* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, uncommon in southern hardwood forests. 18* Uncommon in scrub 17* Sp. not observed by Kamstra, reported by BENNOTTINGHAM 11* Ballerina Camp; Duck Run; San Antonio; Orange Walk 9* Pine ridge towards Richardson Peak 7* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Howard, R. and A. Moore. 1980. A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Oxford. 4 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Columbia River Forest Reserve Expedition 9-16 December. Appendix II. pp.43-45. Unpub. report 5 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 6 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 7 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 8 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 9 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 10 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 11 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 12 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 13 Robbins, C. S., 1987. Birds recorded at Guanacaste National Park. Unpublished list. 14 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 15 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 16 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 17 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 18 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 19 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 20 Jones, L., D. Gardner. 1997. Little Quartz Ridge Rapid Assessment Program. Executive Summary: Birds. Draft report for FPMP 21 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 22 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 23 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. 24 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 25 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 26 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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