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    Psittacella / Tiger Parrots

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    Description:

    As Modest Parrots (modesta), but generally slightly darker; more disinct yellow collar to nape; head and throat dark greyish-brown.

    Female as modesta, but with darker head; some birds with variable yellowish tinge to nape.

    These parrots average 5.5 inches or 14 cm in length.

     

    Distribution:

    They can be found in the northern slopes of Snow Mountains, Western New Guinea, Central Papua New GuineaNote: birds from Mount Hagen and Mount Giluwe possibly belong to an as yet undescribed subspecies … CITES II – Endangered Species

     

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      Species Names:

      Scientific: Psittacella modesta subcollaris … English: Rand’s Modest Parrot … Dutch: Rands Tijgerparkiet … German: Rands Bindensittich … French: Psittacelle à petit collet jaune de Modest

      Species Research by Sibylle Johnson


       

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