Blue-backed Parrot

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When to see the Blue-backed Parrot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 1 month with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

About the Blue-backed Parrot

The blue-backed parrot, also known as Müller's parrot and Burbridge's parrot is a large, endangered species of parrot endemic to the Philippines. It is found in tropical moist lowland forest but is now feared locally extinct in a large part of its range including Negros, Panay, Leyte, Luzon and Polilio. The only recent records are in Samar, Mindanao and Tawi-tawi with the population being estimated below 250 individuals. Flocks are small and often active at night. Its main threats are habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade.

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Easily confused with

Black-lored ParrotTanygnathus gramineusThe black-lored parrot also known as the Buru green parrot, is a parrot endemic to the Indonesian island of Buru. Azure-rumped ParrotTanygnathus sumatranusIt is of medium size (32 cm), primarily green with yellowish edging to the wings, a blue rump, and blue wing bends. Great-billed ParrotTanygnathus megalorynchosThe great-billed parrot also known as Moluccan parrot or island parrot, is a medium-sized, approximately 38 cm long, green parrot with a massive red bill, cream iris, blackish shoulders, olive green back, pale blue rump and yellowish green underparts.