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Eclectus is a genus of parrot, the Psittaciformes, which consists of four known extant species known as eclectus parrots and the extinct Eclectus infectus, the oceanic eclectus parrot. The extant eclectus parrots are medium-sized parrots native to regions of Oceania , particularly New Guinea and Australia .
The male has more yellow-toned plumage on the head and neck. The tail is bluer and has a small pale lemon yellow border. The female is a brighter red on the head, back, and wings. Her undertail coverts are yellow and at least an inch of the tail is bright pure yellow. [4] Vosmaer's eclectus is the most commonly kept subspecies in aviculture. [6]
The violet-necked lory is 27 cm (11 in) long. It bears a strong resemblance to the female eclectus parrot except it has an orange-yellow beak. It is mostly red and blue with a blue abdomen. its extent of blue neck collar depends on subspecies. It has red and black in wings and a purple-red tail. [8]
Genus Eclectus. Moluccan eclectus, Eclectus roratus; Sumba eclectus, Eclectus cornelia; Tanimbar eclectus, Eclectus riedeli; Papuan eclectus, Eclectus polychloros † Oceanic eclectus, Eclectus infectus (extinct or prehistoric) Genus Psittacula. Alexandrine parakeet, Psittacula eupatria † Seychelles parakeet, Psittacula wardi
35 centimetres (13.8 in) in length, are bright green with a yellow area on the forehead, and a horn-colored (gray) beak, sometimes with a dark tip, but lacking the reddish coloring on the upper mandible that is present in the nominate yellow-crowned amazon. [63] Panama (including the Pearl Islands and Coiba) and northwest Colombia. [42] [64] [7 ...
Like the rest of the genus the wings of the blue-and-yellow macaw are long, as is the tail The Ara macaws are large parrots ranging from 46–51 cm (18–20 in) in length and 285 to 287 g (10 oz ) in weight in the chestnut-fronted macaw , to 90–95 cm (35.5–37.5 in) and 1,708 g (60.2 oz) in the green-winged macaw .
The Papuan eclectus, [2] red-sided eclectus, or New Guinea eclectus [3] (Eclectus polychloros) is a parrot species which is native to New Guinea. Larger than the Moluccan eclectus, the green plumage of the male only has a slight yellow tinge and the tail is tipped with a half-inch yellow band. The central tail feathers are green and lateral ...
[2] [14] It is predominantly green with a light blue-grey sheen on the cheeks and nape (back of the neck), yellow-green abdomen, red patch on the shoulders and massive red beak with yellow tips. The upper-side of the tail passes from green at the top to blue further down, and is yellow at the tip. The underside of the tail is yellow. [2] [14] [15]