Blue-headed Parrot
In tropical and subtropical South
America and southern Central
America...popular, affectionate pet.
Pionus menstruus
(L 9.5-10.5" Wt 8.6 oz)
Country Inn
Panama City
09Oct2016
flash photo
The parrot eyed me slyly and
malevolently, like a wrongdoer
who hears his lawyer praise
him in court.
      (Gertrude Diamant)
© Wikipedia
© Paul A.
Schwartz
Macaulay
Library
Pionus in Greek means
plump or sleek; menstruus
is Latin for monthly,
menstrual (referring to the
red undertail coverts).