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Painted Tiger Parrot  

Also Known As: Painted Ground Parrot, Timberline Parrot
 
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Painted Tiger Parrot, Baliem Valley, Papua, Indonesia

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Did You Know?
The four species which make up this genus, or group, are among the least known of all parrots.

Species Profile
Genus:
Psittacella

Species:
picta

Size: Adult Weight:
19cm (7.4 in) 48-60g (1.7-2.1 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: P.p. picta, P.p. excelsa, P.p. lorentzi

Colourization Adult:
P.p. picta: male-body mostly green; crown and surrounding area red/brown; sides of neck have thin yellow band; throat and upper breast washed with blue; mantle and back green barred with black; red rump and upper and undertail coverts; tail green. Bill blue/grey tipped with white. Eye orange. Female-as in male but yellow band on neck absent; cheeks and ear coverts green/blue; breast and sides of abdomen yellow striped with black. P.p. excelsa: male-as in picta, but crown bright olive/brown. Female-as in picta but head bright olive/brown; throat and cheeks strongly washed with blue. P.p. lorentzi: both adults as in picta but crown and surrounding area olive/brown; cheeks blue/green, with darker green on ear coverts; rump and upper tail coverts green/yellow striped with black.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult female but head brown with green edges to feathers.

Call: Are described as nasal and slightly musical. Eastern birds sound harsher in tone. Err-ee note from P.p. lorentzi.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E093.htm&Pic=093_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=1427&m=0

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.