ID Plz- Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Sogeri, Crystal Rapids- 6 May 2023 (1 Viewer)

[nidhinc]

Sorry for the bad photo but that is the only photo I could shoot before the bird flew by. It looks like a parrot to be me but more diagnosis can help

 

[Joe H]

Purely a guess based on the photo and location, I would look for pictures of a young female Red-cheeked Parrot to see if that matches what you saw. I read on-line that the bill gets greyer as the females get older. Depending on the lighting, maybe a male might fit; their bills don't go grey. But just a suggested place to start looking - I'm not sure.

 

[sicklebill]

Female Red-cheeked Parrot, quite common and noisy up here

 

[nidhinc]

Thanks Joe & Phil.
Why it could be a female Red cheeked Parrot & not male?

 

[Joe H]

The female's head is brown; the male's is reddish. In your picture, it appears the head is brown to me. While I have no personal experience with the aging process of this species, on-line it says younger females have a more yellow or orangish bill that gets greyer as they age. In the composite photo I posted above I looked for female pictures that matched your photo's bill color.

 

[nidhinc]

Thanks Joe. I thought the face was little reddish than brownish. I did see some Red cheeked female fly by after few minutes of clicking this bird. Attached is the photo.

 

[Joe H]

You are getting some really nice pictures from there! Thanks for posting them. During my work trips there I did not get many photographs of birds and now I really wish I had.