Blue-rumped Parrot
Psittinus cyanurus
Summary 2
The Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus) is a parrot found in the very southern tip of Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands. It is a small parrot (18 cm) and is primarily green with bright red underwing coverts, a reddish shoulder patch, and yellowish margins on the wing coverts. It is sexually dimorphic. The female has a grey-brown head. The male has a black mantle, red upper mandible, and blue head and rump.
It is a rare resident in Singapore.
It inhabits forests.
The male has a blue head and a red bill, while the female a brown head and a dark bill.
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- (c) BERNARD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/65695019@N07/6970039210
- Adapted by Tan Kok Hui from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psittinus_cyanurus
