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Photo by mehdhalaouate
Numfor island, Papua, Indonesia, September 2004
Micropsitta geelvinkiana

Identification

9 cm

Distribution

South-east Asia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • M. g. geelvinkiana:
  • Numfor Island (Geelvink Bay off western New Guinea)
  • M. g. misoriensis:
  • Biak Island (Geelvink Bay off northern New Guinea)

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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