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Paradise Parrot
Also Known As: Beautiful Parrot, Red-shouldered Parrot or Parakeet, Scarlet-shouldered Parrot, Soldier Parrot, Ground Parrot, Ground Rosella, Grass Parrot, Anthill Parrot, Elegant Parrot
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Credit: (c) Steve Milpacher
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Did You Know?
The last confirmed sighting of this bird was in 1927.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Psephotus
Species:
pulcherrimus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 27cm (10.5 in) | Not available |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male-red forehead; crown and nape brown/black; upperparts red/brown; green/blue rump, flanks and sides of abdomen; emerald green upper tail coverts; face and underparts emerald green; red undertail coverts and centre of abdomen; middle and outer lesser wing coverts red; tail bronze/green widely tipped blue/white. Bill grey/white. Eye brown. Female-forehead and area around eye yellow/tan; black/brown crown and nape; face and breast dusty tan/yellow washed with brown/orange; abdomen to under tail coverts pale blue, centre of abdomen red; dull red confined to lesser and innermost median wing coverts; underwing band present.
Colourization Juvenile: As in female; with some emerald green on face and breast of male; underwing band present.
Call: Calls described as sweet and plaintive piping sounds; also sharp musical notes reported from pair bothered by honeyeaters.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
The Extinction Website - Paradise Parrot http://home.conceptsfa.nl/~pmaas/rea/paradiseparrot.htm
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1474&m=0
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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