The Bald Parrot or Orange-headed Parrot is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of parrot

Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...

 in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Psittacidae. It was formerly placed in the genus

Genus

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 Pionopsitta, which is now monotypic

Monotypic

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. It is endemic to the east-central Amazon

Amazon Rainforest

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 of Brazil

Brazil

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. Its natural habitat

Habitat

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 is tropical moist lowland forest

Forest

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s. It is considered near threatened

Near Threatened

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 by BirdLife International

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 (and consequently IUCN) due to the widespread deforestation

Deforestation

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 of the Amazon.

This parrot was initially believed to be a juvenile

Juvenile (organism)

A juvenile is an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size. Juveniles sometimes look very different from the adult form, particularly in terms of their colour...

 of the Vulturine Parrot

Vulturine Parrot

The Vulturine Parrot , not to be confused with Pesquet's Parrot , is a Neotropical parrot, which is endemic to humid forest and adjacent habitats in the eastern Amazon of Brazil.-Taxonomy:...

 due to the orange coloration of its bald head as opposed to the black of the Vulturine. However, when it was discovered that the individuals were sexually mature, they were described as a new species. In reality, juveniles of both species have feathered, greenish heads quite unlike those of the adults.

The Bald Parrot is a medium-small, overall green parrot with a bald, brownish-orange head. As several other members of the genus Pyrilia

Pyrilia

Pyrilia is a genus of parrots in the family Psittacidae. It was recently split from the now-monotypic Pionopsitta, and then briefly moved to Gypopsitta. But as Pyrilia was published a few months before Gypopsitta, the latter is a junior synonym.All are relatively short-tailed parrots that are...

, it has red underwing coverts

Covert (feather)

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that barely are visible when perched, but highly conspicuous in flight.