- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold hawk-headed parrot, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the hawk-headed parrot
The hawk-headed parrot, also called the red-fan parrot, is a New World parrot of the Amazon rainforest and the only member of its genus. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, northeast Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana and Guyana, and generally lives in undisturbed forest, feeding on fruit in the canopy. It has a dark brown face with white streaks, green wings, flanks and tail, and a red and blue barred breast. Elongated neck feathers can be raised into an elaborate fan that greatly increases its apparent size. It nests in holes in trees and stumps, laying two or three eggs.
Hawk-headed Parrot facts
- The genus name combines Greek words for neck and fan, referring to the raised neck feathers.
- The species name accipitrinus means hawk-like in Latin.
- Eggs hatch after about 26 days, and young begin to fledge at around 10 weeks.
- Only two nests have been examined in the wild, and both held a single chick.
Where to see hawk-headed parrot in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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