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Blue-rumped Parrot
Wild Blue-rumped Parrot foraging
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Did You Know?
The Blue-rumped Parrot is the only member of its genus, Psittinus.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Psittinus
Species:
cyanurus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 18cm (7 in) | 85g (3.0 oz) |
Races including nominate:
three: P.c. cyanurus, P.c. pontius, P.c. abbotti
Colourization Adult: P.c. cyanurus: male-blue head; pale brown underparts; black mantle and upper back; blue lower back to upper tail coverts; red bend of wing, flanks and underwing coverts. Upper mandible red, lower mandible brown. Eye yellow. Female-brown head; green upperparts, with lower back blue; green underparts. Bill brown. Eye white. P.c. pontius: both adults larger than cyanurus. P.c. abbotti: male-green upperparts; green/yellow underparts. Larger in size. Female-head all green; larger in size.
Colourization Juvenile: P.c. cyanurus: as in adult female, but with green head. P.c. pontius: as in adults.
Call: Calls are distinctive; in flight a sharp, whistling, two-or-three-note series of sounds. Also emits high-pitched peeps and song-like trilling. Calls generally carry long distances.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E088.htm&Pic=088_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=1425&m=0
ML Media Collection Catalogue 164185, Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus, Lammertink, Martjan, Aceh, Indonesia, Nov. 28 2001, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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