Stats

Lifespan

30-50 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Oceania

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

This medium-sized parrot inhabits the rainforests of New Guinea and Australia. Males are bright green while females are red, causing early observers to mistake them for two different species.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Psittaculidae

Genus

Eclectus