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Edward's Fig Parrot
Edward’s Fig Parrot (Psittaculirostris edwardsii)
Credit: © Jonker/Innemee Araproject | http://www.araproject.nl
Species Profile
Genus:Psittaculirostris
Species:
edwardsii
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 18cm (7 in) | 105g (3.7 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male-yellow/green forehead and crown; olive/brown occiput merging into wide black band across nape of neck to eyes; red cheeks and throat; yellow ear coverts, with thin and elongated feathers variously mixed in and tipped with red and blue; blue/black band across upper breast; red central underparts from lower breast to upper abdomen; orange/red edged inner wing coverts; wide cream/yellow underwing stripes. Bill grey/black. Eye red. Female-as in male, but with wider breast band coloured dark blue; yellow/green lower breast to upper abdomen.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult adult female but with yellow cheeks with variable red markings. Eye red/brown.
Call: Calls made in flight are somewhat screechy; also emits sounds like coins dropping on concrete. Some notes staccato and abrupt.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E086.htm&Pic=086_1.JPG
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1422&m=0
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Parrots: Their Care and Aviculture, Low, 1986.
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