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[[Image:135Blue-rumped Parrot0714.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|wondersf2010|wondersf2010}}<br />Perdik, [[Malaysia]], July 2009]]
 
;[[: Category:Psittinus|Psittinus]] cyanurus
 
;[[: Category:Psittinus|Psittinus]] cyanurus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
18cmGreen, bright red shoulder patches, yellowish margins on wing coverts.
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18cm
 
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*Green
'''Male''' - black mantle, red upper mandible, greyish-blue head and rump, brighter blue to forehead and crown, grey-olive breast and abdomen, green-yellow thighs and under tail-coverts, blue-black back, deep blue lower back and upper tail-coverts, red sides of body and wing-coverts, dark green wings and greater wing-coverts, upperside of tail greenish-yellow and underside is yellow, red upper mandible, brown-black lower mandible, pale yellow iris and grey feet.
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*Red shoulder patches
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*Yellowish margins on wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]<br />
'''Female'''  - similar to male with grey-brown head, olive yellow ear-coverts, green back, lower back and upper tail-coverts,  bluish patch to the lower back, yellow-green breast and abdomen, green outer under wing-coverts, both mandibles are brown-blackish.
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'''Male'''
 
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*Black mantle
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*Greyish-blue head and rump
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*Blue forehead and crown
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*Greyish-olive underparts
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*Greenish-yellow thighs and under tail-coverts
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*Bluish-black upperparts
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*Blue lower back and upper tail-coverts
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*Red sides of body and wing-coverts
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*Green wings and greater wing-coverts
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*Upperside of tail greenish-yellow and underside yellow
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*Red upper mandible
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*Brownish-black lower mandible
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*Light yellow iris
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*Grey feet<br />
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'''Female'
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*Greyish-brown head
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*Olive yellow ear-coverts
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*Green back, lower back and upper tail-coverts
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*Bluish patch on lower back
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*Yellowish-green breast and abdomen
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*Green outer under wing-coverts
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*Both mandibles are brown-blackish<br />
 
'''Immature''' - like female, green head is green; young males have bluish tinge to forehead; under wing-coverts partially red. The irises are greyish-yellow.  
 
'''Immature''' - like female, green head is green; young males have bluish tinge to forehead; under wing-coverts partially red. The irises are greyish-yellow.  
 
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Southern tip of [[Myanmar]], peninsular South-western [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Burma]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]], [[Rhio Archipelago]] and [[Banka Island]].
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Southeast Asia: found in [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Vietnam]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Borneo]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Singapore]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]] and [[Sumatra]]
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Three subspecies are recognized: ''cyanurus'', ''abbotti'', and ''pontius''.
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====Subspecies====
 
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Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:  
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*''P. c. cyanurus'':
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:*Southern [[Thailand]] to southern [[Myanmar]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Borneo]]
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*''P. c. abbotti'':
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:*Simeulue and Siumat islands (off west coast of Sumatra)
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*''P. c. pontius'':
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:*Mentawi Island (Siberut, Sipura, North Pagai and South Pagai)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Lowland forest areas, below 700m, open woodland, orchards and plantations, mangroves, dense scrub, and coconut groves.
 
Lowland forest areas, below 700m, open woodland, orchards and plantations, mangroves, dense scrub, and coconut groves.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
The diet includes seeds, fruit and blossoms.
 
The diet includes seeds, fruit and blossoms.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Avibase
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#AvianWeb
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Psittinus+cyanurus}}  
 
{{GSearch|Psittinus+cyanurus}}  
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Psittinus]] [[Category:Missing Images]]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Psittinus]]

Revision as of 15:42, 10 August 2011

Photo by wondersf2010
Perdik, Malaysia, July 2009
Psittinus cyanurus

Identification

18cm

  • Green
  • Red shoulder patches
  • Yellowish margins on wing coverts

Male

  • Black mantle
  • Greyish-blue head and rump
  • Blue forehead and crown
  • Greyish-olive underparts
  • Greenish-yellow thighs and under tail-coverts
  • Bluish-black upperparts
  • Blue lower back and upper tail-coverts
  • Red sides of body and wing-coverts
  • Green wings and greater wing-coverts
  • Upperside of tail greenish-yellow and underside yellow
  • Red upper mandible
  • Brownish-black lower mandible
  • Light yellow iris
  • Grey feet

Female'

  • Greyish-brown head
  • Olive yellow ear-coverts
  • Green back, lower back and upper tail-coverts
  • Bluish patch on lower back
  • Yellowish-green breast and abdomen
  • Green outer under wing-coverts
  • Both mandibles are brown-blackish

Immature - like female, green head is green; young males have bluish tinge to forehead; under wing-coverts partially red. The irises are greyish-yellow.

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Greater Sundas and Sumatra

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • P. c. cyanurus:
  • P. c. abbotti:
  • Simeulue and Siumat islands (off west coast of Sumatra)
  • P. c. pontius:
  • Mentawi Island (Siberut, Sipura, North Pagai and South Pagai)

Habitat

Lowland forest areas, below 700m, open woodland, orchards and plantations, mangroves, dense scrub, and coconut groves.

Behaviour

The diet includes seeds, fruit and blossoms.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. AvianWeb

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