Blue naped parrot - Borneo (1 Viewer)

[Trystan]

I saw this species on the island of Pulau Tiga off the north coast of Borneo last month. I assumed it was introduced as per the population around Kota Kinabalu but found this on wikipedia:



"The species is widespread throughout the Philippines, including the Talaud Islands and islands off north and east Borneo (with introduced population in Borneo itself, e.g. Kota Kinabalu). It is found in secondary forest, at forest edges and in plantations at elevations of up to 1000 m. Flock size is usually under a dozen. The blue-naped parrot feeds on mangoes, berries, seeds, nuts and grains. It nests in tree holes."

As such I am curious as to whether this species could actually be native on Pulau Tiga?


Does anyone have any knowledge of this?

Thanks in advance

 

[temmie]

I refer to this:
http://www.hbw.com/species/blue-naped-parrot-tanygnathus-lucionensis
So probably it is from the introduced population, on Pulau Tiga.

 

[Trystan]

Thanks for that. Will record it as such!

 

[James Eaton]

Tiga would almost certainly be introduced birds, probably from the Kota Kinabalu population. Birds on Mantanani however are probably wild (contra HBW), but only a couple are left there.