Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © by Rob Hutchinson
Seram,Indonesia.

Micropsitta bruijnii

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

• M. b. pileata:

• South Moluccas (Seram and Buru)

• M. b. bruijnii:

• Mountains of New Guinea (Vogelkop to Owen Stanley Range)

• M. b. necopinata:

Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain and New Ireland)

• M. b. rosea:

• Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Kolombangara, and Guadalcanal)

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical dry or moist lowland forests

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-breasted_Pygmy_Parrot

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