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Brehm's Tiger Parrot - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by djringer
Kumul Lodge, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, October 2006
Psittacella brehmii

Identification

19-24 cm

  • Green
  • Dull olive brown head
  • Yellow and black bars on the mantle, back and rump
  • Red undertail coverts

Male:yellow crescent on side of neck
Female: barred breast

Female
Photo by djringer
Kumul Lodge, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, November 2006

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 4 subspecies:

  • P. b. brehmii:
  • North-western New Guinea (montane forests of Vogelkop Peninsula)
  • P. b. intermixta:
  • Western New Guinea (Snow Mountains, Weyland Mountains and Mount Goliath)
  • P. b. harterti:
  • P. b. pallida:

A 5th supbspecies bugersi, is generally considered invalid[2].

Habitat

Sub-canopy or near ground level of rainforest, 1,500-2,600m

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds and berries.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Avian Web

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