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Meek's Pygmy Parrot
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Did You Know?
Meek's Pygmy Parrots raise their babies in arboreal termitaria or tree-bound termite mounds.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Micropsitta
Species:
meeki
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 10cm (4 in) | Not available |
Races including nominate:
two: M.m. meeki, M.m. proxima
Colourization Adult: M.m. meeki: both adults mostly green in colour; dusky grey/brown spotted with yellow; superciliary line faint yellow; yellow neck and underparts; green thighs; yellow underwing coverts; centre tail feathers green/blue, the lateral feathers blue/black. Bill pink. Cere and eye ring pink. Eye yellow. M.m. proxima: both adults paler ear coverts and cheeks, more yellow/grey; frontal band connects with superciliary band, both yellow.
Colourization Juvenile: Undescribed
Call: Calls are described as high-pitched and shrill, repeated rapidly over time.
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=1416&m=0
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 2998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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