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;[[:Category:Eos|Eos]] cyanogenia | ;[[:Category:Eos|Eos]] cyanogenia | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 30cm. Bright red plumage, black shoulder, red iris, orange red bill, violet ear-patch behind eye, red underwings, becoming yellowish with black tips. Sexes similar. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Papua New Guinea]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Monotypic. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Coasts and forests, coconut plantations. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The eggs are white and are incubated by the female. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Eos+cyanogenia}} | {{GSearch|Eos+cyanogenia}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=20&bid=158 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=20&bid=158 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eos]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eos]] | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 26 November 2008
- Eos cyanogenia
Identification
30cm. Bright red plumage, black shoulder, red iris, orange red bill, violet ear-patch behind eye, red underwings, becoming yellowish with black tips. Sexes similar.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Coasts and forests, coconut plantations.
Behaviour
The eggs are white and are incubated by the female.
