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Species Profile

Genus:
Psittacella

Species:
modesta

Size:	Adult Weight:
14cm (5.5 in)	42g (1.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: P.m. modesta, P.m. collarius, P.m. subcollaris

Colourization Adult: P.m. modesta: male- dark brown forehead, lores and crown; dull olive/yellow nape and hindneck, the feathers margined with brown; olive/brown head, turning paler on throat and breast; red undertail coverts; green upperparts, the feathers finely edged with black; green uppertail. Bill blue/grey tipped with white. Eye orange. Female- brown head; orange breast, the feathers widely margined dark brown; yellow and green/brown barring on sides of abdomen. P.m. collaris: male- as in modesta, but has irregular yellow collar below brown on hindneck; red/brown tinge on throat and sides of head. Female- as in modesta, but with faint yellow markings on hindneck. P.m. subcollaris: male- as in collaris, but with thinner, brighter yellow collar on hindneck; darker brown head; darker green upperparts. Female- as in modesta, but darker brown head; some birds have faint yellow collar on hindneck.

Colourization Juvenile: P.m. modesta: as in adult female. P.m. collaris: as in adult female. P.m. subcollaris: as in adult female.

Call: Calls are described as soft and plaintive peeps.

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