Pete Oxford / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus), Amazon, Ecuador

Daniel Heuclin / Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) perched on branch, Bolivia, South America

Murray Cooper / Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus) flock flying, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Red-billed Parrot (Pionus sordidus) emerging from nest cavity, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) at clay lick, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

JIM CLARE / White crowned parrot (Pionus senilis) perched on Almendro tree, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Mealy amazon parrots {Amazona farinosa} and Blue headed parrot {Pionus menstruus} feeding on clay lick at dawn, Collpa Colorado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Thomas Marent / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) flock and Orange-cheeked Parrots (Pionopsitta barrabandi) feeding on minerals at clay lick, Madre de Dios River, Peru

Konrad Wothe / White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis) group eating palm fruits, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) portrait, Amazon ecosystem, Peru

Ingo Arndt / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) portrait, Amazon ecosystem, Peru

Hermann Brehm / Blue headed parrots feed at cliff clay lick {Pionus menstruus} Tambopata Reserve, Peru

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Blue headed parrots at clay lick {Pionus menstruus} Urubamba river, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) and Orange-cheeked Parrot (Pionopsitta barrabandi) eating clay lick minerals, Manu National Park, Peru

Pete Oxford / Mealy amazon parrots {Amazona farinosa} & Blue headed parrots {Pionus menstruus} at claylick to feed on minerals, Madre de Dios rainforest, Peru, South America

DAVID TIPLING / Blue headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) at clay lick (a few orange cheeked parrots also present). Manu, Peru, South America

Pete Oxford / Blue headed parrots {Pionus menstruus} at clay lick to feed on minerals, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru, South America

Pete Oxford / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) preening, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) peeking from nest cavity, Ecuador

DAVID TIPLING / Blue headed parrots at clay lick {Pionus menstruus} Manu Peru