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Species Profile

Genus:
Psittacella

Species:
madaraszi

Size:	Adult Weight:
14cm (5.5 in)	34-44g (1.2-1.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
four: P.m. madaraszi, P.m. huonensis, P.m. hallstromi, P.m. major

Colourization Adult: P.m. madaraszi: male-olive/brown head; centres of feathers of crown to hindneck yellow, giving mottled or speckled appearance; throat and lower cheeks have paler yellow spotting; olive/brown wash on upper breast; red undertail coverts; green upperparts with narrow barring of green/yellow and black; green tail. Bill blue/grey tipped with white. Eye brown/red. Female- blue wash on forehead; orange wash on occiput, nape and hindneck, with black barring; yellow/green rump and lower back barred with black. Eye red. P.m. huonensis: male- crown more yellow than that of madaraszi. Female- differ from madaraszi in that the orange on occiput to hindneck is absent, and less black barring on occiput. P.m. hallstromi: male- in general plumage is darker than madaraszi; head darker brown, the feathers more thinly centred yellow. Female- as in madaraszi, but more strong wash of red/orange on nape to hindneck and more widely barred with black. P.m. major: both adults as in madaraszi, but larger in size.

Colourization Juvenile: P.m. madaraszi: as in adult female, but barring on nape and hindneck paler and less extensive; faint yellow and brown barring on breast. Eye brown/yellow. P.m. huonensis: as in adult female. P.m. hallstromi: as in adult female.

Call: Calls are described as high-pitched and upslurred.

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