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Species Profile

Genus:
Deroptyus

Species:
accipitrinus

Size:	Adult Weight:
35 cm (13.6 in)	190-277g (6.6-9.7 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: D.a. accipitrinus, D.a. fuscifrons

Colourization Adult:
D.a. accipitrinus: both adults forehead and crown soft white; dark brown lores; feathers of occiput and sides of head brown, streaked with soft white; long feathers of hindneck dark red, edged with blue; upperparts and lower underparts green; breast and abdomen dark red, strongly scalloped with blue; tail green with hidden maroon at base. Bill grey/black. Eye ring grey, eye yellow. D.a. fuscifrons: both adults forehead and crown dusty brown, faintly streaked soft white; maroon at base of tail absent.

Colourization Juvenile: Forehead cream/buff; crown brown, streaked cream/buff; area towards hindcrown washed with green; scalloping on breast green/blue. Bill paler grey with horn coloured spots at base and cutting edge. Eye ring grey/white, eye grey.

Call: Chacking sounds, high-pitched squealing noises. Variety of chattering and whistling notes at rest. Courtship bugling and musical whistles. Some calls resemble those of the Black-headed Caique.

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