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Geelvink Pygmy Parrot

Micropsitta geelvinkiana

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicPlantsForestCavity nestTiny · 12 g
Geelvink Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta geelvinkiana), photo 1
Photo: Zara · CC BY 4.0
Geelvink Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta geelvinkiana), photo 2
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Geelvink Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta geelvinkiana), photo 3
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Geelvink Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta geelvinkiana), photo 4
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Geelvink Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta geelvinkiana), photo 5
Photo: Zara · CC BY 4.0
Geelvink Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta geelvinkiana), photo 6
Photo: Zara · CC BY 4.0
Geelvink Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta geelvinkiana), photo 7
Photo: Zara · CC BY 4.0
Geelvink Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta geelvinkiana), photo 8
Photo: Zara · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

It has a brown head, blue crown, light blue ear covert, yellow breast, green body and blue tail. It has red eyes. The female has less brown than the male.

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When to see the Geelvink Pygmy Parrot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Geelvink Pygmy Parrot

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Indonesia

About the Geelvink Pygmy Parrot

The Geelvink pygmy parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae endemic to Biak and Numfoor islands in Western New Guinea. The name Geelvink comes from a Dutch ship and family called Geelvinck. It has two subspecies; the nominate occurs on Numfor, and M. g. misoriensis on Biak.

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Easily confused with

Finsch's Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta finschiiFinsch's pygmy parrot is characterized by a green head and neck (which is unique among species of the genus Micropsitta). Meek's Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta meekiPygmy parrots are the smallest members of the true parrots superfamily. Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii) Red-breasted Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta bruijniiThe red-breasted pygmy parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.

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