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Singing Parrot  

Also Known As: Song Parrot, Yellow-headed Parrot, Yellow-headed Song Parrot
 
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Did You Know?
It is theorized that the Geoffroyus genus of parrots, to which the Singing Parrot belongs, are closely related to the Psittacula parakeets, including the Ringneck and Alexandrine Parakeets, due to their colouration.

Species Profile
Genus:
Geoffroyus

Species:
heteroclitus

Size: Adult Weight:
25cm (9.75 in) 160-195g (5.6-6.8 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: G.h. heteroclitus, G.h. hyacinthinus

Colourization Adult: G.h. heteroclitus: male- in general green in colour; yellow head; collar around neck grey/lilac; blue underwing coverts; yellow upper mandible, grey lower mandible. Eye ring grey. Eye yellow. Female- grey head, blue collar absent. Bill grey. G.h. hyacinthinus: male- collar extending to mantle and lower breast mauve/blue and less grey, occasionally to flanks and abdomen; bluish bend of wing; very visible bluish margins to primary coverts. Female- blue/grey of head darker and reaching to neck and cheeks; very visible bluish margins to primary coverts.

Colourization Juvenile: G.h. heteroclitus: as in adult female but crown washed with green. Bill pale grey with dull yellow at base; cere flesh pink instead of grey. Eye ring white. Eye grey.

Call: Calls are described as raucous and loud, both perched and in flight; also emits high-pitched whistling song consisting of two notes.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E095.htm&Pic=095_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=1432&m=0

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.