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Red-cheeked Parrot  (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)

Also Known As: Geoffroy's Parrot
 
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Male Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi minor) feeding on flowering tree

Credit: © Mehd Halaouate | http://www.indonesien.nu/indonesieneng/index.shtml
 
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The Red-cheeked Parrot, en route from roosting areas to its morning feed, will pause to display and call from atop a leafless perch above the canopy, standing very upright, bill pointing to the sky and vibrating its wings in cue with contact calls.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
Above 1,000,000

Range:
G.g. geoffroyi: Timor, Semau and Wetar, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.
G.g. floresianus: Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores and Sumba, Lesser Sunda Islands.
G.g. cyanicollis: Morotai, Halmahera, and Bacan, N Moluccas, Indonesia.
G.g. rhodops: Buru, Seram, Boano, Ambon, Haruku, Saparua, Manawoka, Gorong, and Seram Laut Islands, S Moluccas, Indonesia.
G.g. keyensis: Kai Kecil and Kai Besar, in Kai Islands, Indonesia.
G.g. timorlaoensis: Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia.
G.g. aruensis: Aru Islands, Indonesia, and S New Guinea, also Fergusson and Goodenough Islands, E Papuan Islands.
G.g. maclennani: E Cape York Peninsula, N Queensland, Australia.
G.g. sudestiensis: Misima and Tagula Islands, in Louisiade Archipelago, E Papua New Guinea.
G.g. cyanicarpus: Rossel Island, in Louisiade Archipelago, E Papua New Guinea.
G.g. minor: N New Guinea.
G.g. jobiensis: Yapen and Mios Num Islands, Geelvink Bay, Irian Jaya.
G.g. mysoriensis: Biak and Numfoor Islands, Geelvink Bay, Irian Jaya.
G.g. pucherani: W Papuan Islands, Indonesia and W New Guinea, to Irian Jaya.
G.g. obiensis: Obi Island and Bisa Island, N Moluccas, Indonesia.


Habitat:
Found up to 800m (2624 ft) in primary and secondary forests, savanna with trees, plantations, open woodland, mangrove and farmland.

Threat Summary:
Has been affected by the wild bird trade.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Feeds on seeds, fruit and blossoms.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Leaves roosting area early in morning to begin feeding. Found in pairs or small groups, feeding inconspicuously in the tree tops. Noisy and boisterous first thing in the morning and at dusk when returning to roost, with much calling and acrobatic flying.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2-4 eggs 29.0 x 25.0mm (1.1 x 1 in).

Breeding Season:
April-August, Lesser Sunda Islands; February-October, New Guinea; August-December, Australia.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.springerlink.com/content/x574721883012323/


More Info Sites:
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/action/birds2000/pubs/red-cheeked-parrot.pdf

http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/distribution/red-cheeked.parrot.html