- Geoffroyus simplex
Identification
22 cm (8¾ in)
- Green overall plumage
- Yellowish-green underparts
- Yellow wing bend
- Blue underwing-coverts
- Black bill
- Pale yellow iris
Male: Greyish-blue collar round the neck
Female: Blue on rear crown
Juvenile: lacks blue colouration and has a paler bill
Distribution
Australasia: found in New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1]:
- G. s. simplex:
- Western New Guinea (Vogelkop Mountains)
- G. s. buergersi:
- Snow Mountains to Owen Stanley Range (New Guinea
Habitat
Humid hill oak forests between 800-1900m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of beech and oak seeds.
Breeding
They use a hole in a tree about 10 m up. One recorded nest had 3 young.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Aug 2018)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-collared Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-collared_Parrot
