Colored-head parrot finch
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The colored head parrot finch ( Erythrea coloria ) is a species of the finch family. The species is occasionally kept as an ornamental bird. The species was only discovered in 1960. The species is described by the IUCN as near threatened . Together with the tri-colored parrot , the blue-green parrot and the Papagua parrot, it forms a super species .
description
The colored head parrot finch is one of the smallest species of the magnificent finch and only reaches a body length of 10 centimeters. The plumage is predominantly green. Red, crescent-shaped markings separate the blue head from the rest of the green plumage. The sexes are basically similar, but the females are drawn a little less strongly. It is particularly noticeable that the ear spots are a little smaller and a little paler.
Young birds have no blue or red color on their heads. The head sides are only matt bluish green and the throat is brownish olive. The breast and the rest of the underside of the body are dark greenish to dark greenish ocher in color.
Distancing calls and singing are a trill.
Distribution and way of life
The distribution area of the bright-headed parrot finch is the island of Mindanao , where it lives on mountain slopes. Their habitat here are clearings and forest edges. Their diet consists of the seeds of herbs, grass and species of bamboo. Of all the species of the real parrot finch, it is most strongly tied to the ground.
The clutch consists of only two to three eggs. The nestling period is around 21 days. After another 14 to 21 days, the boys are independent. At around four months of age, they go through the juvenile moult and then resemble the parent birds.
attitude
The colored-headed parrot found its way into the European bird trade shortly after its first description. The first birds of this kind came to Zurich in December 1964, where they also successfully bred a little later. Most of today's breeding birds originate from this initial transport. In the following years, birds of this kind came to Europe in small numbers.
supporting documents
literature
- Horst Bielfeld : Knowing and caring for 300 ornamental birds. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-8001-5737-2 .
- Jürgen Nicolai (Ed.), Joachim Steinbacher (Ed.), Renate van den Elzen, Gerhard Hofmann: Prachtfinken - Australia, Oceania, Southeast Asia . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3249-4 .
- Peter Clement , Alan Harris, John Davis: Finches and Sparrows. An Identification Guide. Christopher Helm, London 1993, ISBN 0-7136-8017-2 .
Web links
- BirdLife Factsheet , accessed June 23, 2010
- Erythrura coloria inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
Single receipts
- ↑ BirdLife Factsheet , accessed June 23, 2010
- ↑ Nicolai et al., P. 148
- ↑ Nicolai et al., P. 148