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Masked Shining Parrot  

Also Known As: Masked Parrot, Masked Musk Parrot, Yellow-breasted Musk Parrot
 
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Masked Shining Parrot perched

Credit: © Dr. Paddy Ryan | http://www.ryanphotographic.com/
 
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Did You Know?
The Masked Shining Parrot, also called the Musk Parrot, gets its "musk" name from the musky scent this species emits, which can be detected when one is a few feet away.

Species Profile
Genus:
Prosopeia

Species:
personata

Size: Adult Weight:
47cm (18.3 in) 322g (11.3 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults black face; yellow down centre of breast, turning to orange on centre of abdomen; outer webs of primary feathers purple/blue; tail green washed with blue. Bill grey/black. Eye orange.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with less extensive black on face. Bill horn coloured and streaked with grey. Eye brown.

Call: Harsh, grating notes while in flight, usually repeated. High-pitched similar notes rapidly repeated when alarmed. While perched cackling sounds; call notes loud and boisterous.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E111.htm&Pic=111_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=1449&m=0

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.