Snow Mountains Modest Parrots

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Beauty of Birds Editorial Team

September 16, 2021 · Updated September 3, 2022 · 1 min read

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Two blue and gold macaws face to face, one holding a red berry in its beak
Psittacella / Tiger Parrots

Description:

As Modest Parrots(modesta), but nape with indistinct yellowish collar, which greatly varies from bird to bird; sides of head and throat more dark brownish-grey.

Female as modesta, but with variable yellowish tinge to nape

These parrots average 5.5 inches or 14 cm in length, from beak to tip of tail.

Distribution:

They can be found on the southern slopes of Snow Mountains, Western New Guinea … CITES II – Endangered Species

Species Names:

Scientific: Psittacella modesta collaris … English: Snow Mountains Modest Parrot … Dutch: Snow Mountains Tijgerparkiet … German: Schneegebirge Bindensittich … French: Psittacelle à collet jaune de Modest

Species Research by Sibylle Johnson


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