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
          
         
         
            
               The parrot eyed me slyly and
               malevolently, like a wrongdoer
               who hears his lawyer praise
               him in court.
            
                     (Gertrude Diamant)
          
         
         
            
               © Paul A.
               Schwartz
            
               Macaulay
               Library
          
         
            
               Pionus in Greek means
               plump or sleek; menstruus
               is Latin for monthly,
               menstrual (referring to the
               red undertail coverts).