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Golden-shouldered Parakeet
Also Known As: Golden-winged Parrot or Parakeet, Chestnut-crowned Parrot or Parakeet, Antbed Parrot, Anthill Parrot
Golden-shouldered Parrot , male, Artemis, Cape York Peninsula, Qld
Credit: © Michael Todd | http://www.wildlifing.com
Species Profile
Genus:Psephotus
Species:
chrysopterygius
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 26cm (10.1 in) | 56g (2 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male-yellow frontal band; black crown merging into brown/black hindneck; turquoise face and underparts; abdomen to undertail coverts orange/red tipped with white; brown back and underparts; rump and upper tail coverts turquoise, middle wing coverts yellow; tail brown/green tipped blue/white. Bill grey/white. Eye brown. Female-dull green; forehead pale yellow; crown and hindneck brown/green; rump and upper tail coverts pale turquoise; white abdomen to undertail coverts, feathers on centre of abdomen margined light red; yellow/white underwing mark.
Colourization Juvenile: As in female; male youngsters with brighter turquoise cheeks; underwing mark present.
Call: Two note contact call, not as high-pitched as Hooded Parrot. Whistle also described.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1473&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
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.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1992.
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