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Species Profile

Genus:
Polytelis

Species:
alexandrae

Size:	Adult Weight:
40cm (15.6 in)	92g (3.2 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Male-rose/pink chin, throat, and foreneck; grey/olive breast and abdomen, abdomen variably washed with grey/purple; rose/pink thighs and lower flanks; olive/green hindneck, mantle and upper back; purple/blue lower back to upper tail coverts; wing patch yellow/green and very visible; blue/green primary feathers; olive/green tail with rose/pink margins to inner webs of side tail feathers. Bill orange/red. Eye orange/red. Female-in general duller than male; duller green upper wing coverts, less yellow; shorter tail.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult female but in general duller. Bill pale brown/pink. Eye brown.

Call: Given prior to taking flight or in flight calls are prolonged, harsh and chattering. While perched emits a variety of chirrupings, croaks and grunts, with some sharp, short notes.

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