Elegant Parrot vs Turquoise Parrot

Elegant Parrot

Neophema elegans

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The elegant parrot is 23 cm (9.1 in) long and predominantly golden olive in colour with a dark blue frontal band line above with lighter blue, while abdomen and vent are yellow. The female is a duller shade of olive all over and has a narrower blue frontal band. The wings are predominantly olive with outer flight feathers dark blue. The yellow-edged tail has shades of olive and blue. The bill and legs are grey and the eyes dark brown. Juveniles are duller and lack the frontal bands.

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Turquoise Parrot

Neophema pulchella

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Ranging from 20 to 22 cm (8–83⁄4 in) long with a 32 cm (12+1⁄2 in) wingspan, the turquoise parrot is a small and slightly built parrot weighing around 40 g (1+1⁄2 oz). Both sexes have predominantly green upperparts and yellow underparts. The male has a bright turquoise-blue face which is darkest on the crown and slightly paler on the lores, cheeks and ear coverts. The neck and upperparts are grass-green, and the tail is grass-green with yellow borders. The wing appears bright blue with a darker leading edge when folded, with a band of red on the shoulder.

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Photo: Daisyree Bakker · CC BY 2.0

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