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Black-lored Parrot
Also Known As: Buru Green Parrot
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Credit: (c) Steve Milpacher
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Did You Know?
The male Black-lored Parrot takes about six month to develop its bright red bill when immature.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Tanygnathus
Species:
gramineus
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| 40cm (15.6 in) | Not available |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults forehead and forecrown blue; black stripe from lores to eyes; body mainly green, flight feathers blue. Bill in male red, in female grey/white. Eye yellow.
Colourization Juvenile: Undescribed
Call: Drawn-out and more high-pitched than Great-billed Parrot.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E107.htm&Pic=107_1.JPG
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1445&m=0
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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