Madarasz parakeet
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Madarasz black-tailed parakeet and white -rumped lory illustrated by Gyula Madarász |
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The Madarasz parakeet ( Psittacella madaraszi ), also known as the scaly-headed parrot , is a species of bird from the genus of the parakeet . The species is endemic to the island of New Guinea .
It is named after the Hungarian ornithologist Gyula Madarász , who made several research trips to Southeast Asia in the 19th century .
features
The basic color of the plumage is green. The beak is bluish, the eyes red. The male has a brown head with yellow spots on the neck. In contrast to the very similar olive parrot , the brown color of the head does not extend down to the belly. The female has a green head with a bluish forehead. A brown-green band runs down from the head over the back. The young birds resemble the female.
Habitat
Tropical mountain forests at an altitude of 1150 to 2500 m.
nutrition
Fruits, seeds, berries and leaves.
Web links
- Madarasz's Tiger Parrot
- Lexicon of Parrots
- Psittacella madaraszi in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2011. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Accessed November 16, 2011th
literature
- del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. eds. (1997), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to Cackoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-22-9
- Otto Finsch, Adolf Bernhard Meyer: Birds from New Guinea, mostly from the Alps region on the southeast slope of the Owen Stanley Mountains (Horseshoe Mountains 7000-8000 'high), collected by Karl Hunstein. II. In: Journal for the entire ornithology . tape 3 , 1886, p. 1-29 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).