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Eclectus Parrot (MALE)

Eclectus roratus

Description:

The male Eclectus Parrot is bright green except for red under the wings and a bright orange beak and a black tail. The female Eclectus Parrot is so different it was once thought to be a different species. It is bright scarlet except for a dark blue belly and back and a black beak. Even tiny Eclectus Parrots look different. Male chicks are a grey ball of fluff, female chicks are a black ball of fluff. They grow up in a hollow high in a rainforest tree where the female lays two eggs. And she almost never leaves them in case another female takes her nest hole. She does not starve because lots of different males come to feed her rainforest seeds and fruits at her nest.



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Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

Lat: -25.23, Long: 152.24

Spotted on Jun 25, 2011
Submitted on Jun 27, 2011

Spotted for mission

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