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Eclectus Parrot (Female)

Eclectus roratus

Photo by AndyNewman
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Description:

Female Eclectus Parrot. Love the colour of these birds and the iridescence in the blue feathers

Habitat:

Tropical and subtropical rainforests of North Queensland, Papua New Guinea etc.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
AndyNewman
Sorry Steven, I couldn't remember exactly where I saw the bird, so I just put the location down as Australia; which seems to have defaulted to NSW. It was in North Queensland somewhere, however, so I'll update the location.
StevenSpragg
Hi, this is not the usual range of the eclectus parrot. Was this a captive bird?
Scott Frazier
I would have thought PN would have more spottings of this species. A simple search reveals 5 males (also spectacularly colored but differently) but this appears to be the first female (as a primary image anyway).
AndyNewman
Sadly, I don't live anywhere near where these birds would be found in the wild. Saw this one whilst on holiday in Australia. Not uncommon in the pet trade, apparently.
AnnvanWijgerden
Stupendous colours! ... If you have the chance to take any more photos of this bird - would love to the pictures! :-)
Ashish
Must assign to Red colour mission too.

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PublishedNovember 21, 2011

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