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Papuan Eclectus
Eclectus polychloros(Scopoli, 1786)
- Order
- PSITTACIFORMES
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Eclectus
- Conservation
- Least Concern
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Papuan eclectus, red-sided eclectus, or New Guinea eclectus is a parrot species which is native to New Guinea. Larger than the Moluccan eclectus, the green plumage of the male only has a slight yellow tinge and the tail is tipped with a half-inch yellow band. The central tail feathers are green and lateral ones blue and green. It is widely distributed from Kai Islands and western islands of the West Papua province in the west, across the island of New Guinea to the Trobriands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands to the east, and south to the northern Cape York Peninsula of Australia. It has also been introduced to the Goram Islands, Indonesia.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Kai Is. (south-east Moluccas), New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Is., and north-east Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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