Long John Silver's Parrot (1 Viewer)

[CGJohnson]

Maybe off topic, but does anyone know which species it was that sat on Robert Newton's shoulder in the film "Treasure Island".
It definitely had a large orangey red/rump - with a short tail.

 

[CJW]

Maybe off topic, but does anyone know which species it was that sat on Robert Newton's shoulder in the film "Treasure Island".
It definitely had a large orangey red/rump - with a short tail.

Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala oratix).

 

[Henry B]

Pieces of eight,Pieces of eight. [sorry]

 

[CGJohnson]

Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala oratix).

No, definitely not Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot.

 

[tomjenner]

I had a quick google search, but I couldn't find any clear pictures. I thought one looked like a Yellow-naped Parrot (which is often considered a subspecies of Yellow-headed). Another picture, which was a painting from a movie cover, showed a Blue-and Yellow Macaw! It seems that there were several follow-ups (about Long-John Silver) to the original movie and this may explain the difference.

Tom

 

[CGJohnson]

I had a quick google search, but I couldn't find any clear pictures. I thought one looked like a Yellow-naped Parrot (which is often considered a subspecies of Yellow-headed). Another picture, which was a painting from a movie cover, showed a Blue-and Yellow Macaw! It seems that there were several follow-ups (about Long-John Silver) to the original movie and this may explain the difference.

Tom

It does seem feasible that in follow-ups to the first Disney film with Robert Newton in it, that different types of parrot have starred.

However, the original bird was quite smallish and appeared plain green above with possibly a grey lower face, a faint trace of blue near the neck and in the wings and with its most striking feature being the large orange-red back/rump.

I'm guessing at it being an an amazonian or other of South American origin with it being a US Disney production.

Chris

 

[Corax67]

In the Muppet Treasure Island it was a Lobster ! ! ! !