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Species Profile

Genus:
Geoffroyus

Species:
geoffroyi

Size:	Adult Weight:
21cm (8.2 in)	135-180g (4.7-6.3 oz)

Races including nominate:
fifteen: G.g. geoffroyi, G.g. floresianus, G.g. cyanicollis, G.g. rhodops, G.g. keyensis, G.g. timorlaoensis, G.g. aruensis, G.g. maclennani, G.g. sudestiensis, G.g. cyanicarpus, G.g. minor, G.g. jobiensis, G.g. mysoriensis, G.g. pucherani, G.g. obiensis

Colourization Adult: G.g. geoffroyi: male-red forehead to sides of head; lilac/blue crown and occiput; green nape to hindneck; inner median wing coverts red/brown; blue underwing coverts. Red upper mandible, brown lower mandible. Eye yellow. Female-brown head. Bill brown. G.g. floresianus: male-as in geoffroyi, but in general darker; purple/blue of crown is darker and reaches to nape; inner median wing coverts darker red/brown; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Bill larger. Female-crown darker brown and reaches to nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. cyanicollis: male-in general darker than geoffroyi; purple/blue of crown reaching to hindneck, meeting with evident blue collar; bronze/brown variable wash on mantle and upper back; blue/green upper breast and lower abdomen; red/brown on inner median wing coverts absent; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-head darker than that of geoffroyi; purple suffusion on crown; blue nape reaching evident blue collar; otherwise as in male. G.g. rhodops: male-as in floresianus, but in general darker; mark on inner median wing coverts dark brown/red; blue crown sharply separated from red of face; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-dark brown chestnut crown; otherwise as in male. G.g. keyensis: male-as in floresianus, but in general more yellow/green, particularly tail; pink/red cheeks and ear coverts washed with lilac/blue; faint yellow/green collar across hindneck and darker green stripe on foreneck; pale blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-paler chestnut/brown on head; otherwise as in male. G.g. timorlaoensis: both adults as in keyensis, but smaller in size. G.g. aruensis: male-as in geoffroyi, but darker purple/blue of crown reaching to nape; inner median wing coverts has darker red/brown marking; darker blue underwing coverts. Female-darker brown of crown reaches to nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. maclennani: male-as in aruensis, but in general darker; red of face more dark and uniform; paler blue underwing coverts. Female-as in aruensis, but in general darker; darker brown head; paler blue underwing coverts. G.g. sudestiensis: male-as in aruensis, but underparts darker; red/brown marker on inner median coverts absent. Female-dark green crown and nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. cyanicarpus: male-as in aruensis, but with lilac/blue wash on cheeks and ear coverts; bend of wing to outside primary feather has blue edge. Female-as in aruensis, but brown crown and nape, with slight green tint; blue edge on outside of wing as in male. G.g. minor: male-as in aruensis, but with brown/red lower back to rump; darker red face; bronze/brown wash on mantle; marking on inner wing coverts minimal or absent. Female-as in aruensis, but slightly darker brown head; otherwise as in male. G.g. jobiensis: both adults as in minor, but with paler blue underwing coverts; bright red lower back to rump; in male, red on forehead reaches back to forecrown. G.g. mysoriensis: male-as in minor, but purple/blue of crown reaching down over hindneck, and red in face reaching to throat; bronze/brown wash of mantle absent; red/brown marking extensive on inner median wing coverts; darker blue underwing coverts; dark maroon lower back to rump, is less brown. Female-as in minor, but brown in crown reaching over hindneck; otherwise as in male. G.g. pucherani: both adults as in minor, with bronze marking on inner median wing covert minimal or absent; mantle has less bronze/brown wash; paler brown lower back to rump with less red; dark blue underwing coverts. G.g. obiensis: both adults as in cyanicollis but blue hindneck collar wider and reaching up nearly to eye; purple/blue in male or brown in female not reaching below occiput; red/brown lower back to rump.

Colourization Juvenile: G.g. geoffroyi: green head, red/brown on inner median wing coverts absent. Bill yellow. Eye brown.

Call: Calls made in flight or when perched are distinctive; shrieking and metallic series of notes repeated rapidly; also two-syllable notes ending with upward inflection and a variety of croaking, chattering notes and shrill screeches.

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