- Eclectus roratus
Identification
35cm
Male
- Bright green body
- Blue or red tail and wings
- Orange upper mandible becoming yellow at tip
- Black lower mandible
- Yellow-orange iris
Female
- Red body
- Blue or purple belly
- Black bill
- Yellow-orange iris
Distribution
Eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and surrounding islands, Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.(Australia), and Solomon Islands.
Taxonomy
Nine to eleven subspecies are recognized depending on the authority.
Habitat
Lowland forest.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruits, nuts, flower and leaf buds, and seeds.
They nest in tree holes lined with wood chips. 2 eggs are laid and incubated by the female (who is fed by the male) for 28 days. The young fledge about 8 weeks later.
References
- Wikipedia
- Honolulu Zoo
