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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 14cm. Green, yellow-green breast and abdomen, red forehead, crown, lower back and upper tail coverts, orange /red nape band, blue cheeks, greater underwing coverts, undertail, orange bill, grey-brown iris. '''Female''' - less blue on cheeks. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Endemic to | + | Endemic to Camiguin, [[Philippines]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
A recently described species. Monotypic. | A recently described species. Monotypic. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes nectar, seeds, soft fruit, berries and blossoms. | ||
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| + | They nest in holes in dead tree-ferns. | ||
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| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | Call: a quickly repeated ''tziit-tziit-tziit''. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | World Parrot Trust; Oriental Bird Club | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Loriculus+exilis}} | {{GSearch|Loriculus+exilis}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Loriculus]] |
Revision as of 17:15, 14 January 2009
- Loriculus camiguinensis
Identification
14cm. Green, yellow-green breast and abdomen, red forehead, crown, lower back and upper tail coverts, orange /red nape band, blue cheeks, greater underwing coverts, undertail, orange bill, grey-brown iris. Female - less blue on cheeks.
Distribution
Endemic to Camiguin, Philippines.
Taxonomy
A recently described species. Monotypic.
Habitat
Behaviour
The diet includes nectar, seeds, soft fruit, berries and blossoms.
They nest in holes in dead tree-ferns.
Vocalisation
Call: a quickly repeated tziit-tziit-tziit.
References
World Parrot Trust; Oriental Bird Club
