Psittinus cyanurus

IUCN

Alias：Psittinus cyanurus,Blue-rumped Parrot

Basic Information

Scientific classification

name：Psittinus cyanurus
Aliases：Psittinus cyanurus,Blue-rumped Parrot
Outline：Climbing birds
Family：Psittaciformes Psittacidae Psittacinae O.W.Psittaciformes G.Psittinus

Vital signs

length：About 18 cm
Weight：38-50g
lifetime：No verification information

Feature

The body is mainly green, with bright red feathers in the underwing coverts, slightly reddish shoulders, and yellow edges on the wing coverts.

Details

Blue-rumped Parrot, also known as Blue-rumped Parrot, is a small parrot and the only species in the genus Psittinus.

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Blue-rumped Parrots sometimes have a flock of up to 20 birds. They eat seeds, fruits and flowers.

The Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) is near threatened and may be threatened with extinction in the near future.

Listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".

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Location

Distributed in the southernmost part of Myanmar, the Thai Peninsula, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands.
The Blue-rumped Parrot is found in low-altitude forests, generally below 700 meters, open woodlands, orchards, plantations, mangroves, dense bushes, and coconut plantations.

Form

The body is mainly green, with bright red feathers in the underwing coverts, slightly red shoulders, and yellow edges on the wing coverts. It is a sexually dimorphic bird, with the female having a gray-brown head; the male has a black upper back, a red upper beak, and a blue head and waist.