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Erythrura tricolor
Blue and green bird with black beak et white striped face. The legs are pink and there are some red dots behind the eyes.
I saw this bird in an aviary, but have no idea about its identity. Anyone can help?
Hello! I think it is an hybrid of Tricolored parrotfinch ( Erythrura tricolor) and Fiji parrotfinch ( Erythrura pealii).
Ashish, please read the spotters notes, this bird was spotted in an aviary, not in the wild. Also these birds are interbred by the pet trade so anything anywhere goes!
Tricoloue specie find only in East Asia... Trichroa specie find across Europe and matches its plumage almost 100% as per your spotting... What Liam say...?
Thanks for your comments, Ashish. I checked out the links, and I think it cannot be trichroa, which is all green on the breast. Tricolor is still the most likely in my opinion, but where the heck did it get those red dots?
Emillie please click on Blue words...
http://www.theparrotfinches.com/tricolor...
Also check...
http://finchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrildid_f...
http://ozladym.com/pics/Birds/Blue-faced...
I share your idea, Malcolm. This bird is probably a hybrid of the two and/or others. On the other hand, I'm not really a bird specialist, so I'd be interested to hear Liam's opinion, too.
I think that person at the zoo is not good at IDing birds! But also looking at other pictures of tricolored it does not look quite right either. Apparently these birds are interbred commercially to sell as colourful cage-birds so this one could well be a hybrid and not a true species. I'd be interested to hear Liam's thoughts on this, he is very good with birds.
I received the reply from Beauval zoo, and as promised here it is:
en réponse à votre demande nous vous informons qu'il s'agit d'un pape de Nouméa. I looked up the "pape de Nouméa" and I found Erythrura psittacea, a green bird with a red head (see the link below).
http://exopassion.pagesperso-orange.fr/_...
Unlike the photos I took, that look more like E. tricolor. But there are some red dots behind the eyes. What to think?
I followed your advice, Malcolm. If I receive a reply, I will publish it here.
May I suggest that you contact the aviary using infos@zoobeauval.com with this picture so that they can tell you the full ID of this bird.
Spotted on Apr 6, 2012
Submitted on Apr 6, 2012
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