Papuan Eclectus

When to see the Papuan Eclectus

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Papuan Eclectus

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Cuba, United Kingdom, Maldives, Malaysia.

About the Papuan Eclectus

The Papuan eclectus, red-sided eclectus, or New Guinea eclectus is a parrot species which is native to New Guinea. Larger than the Moluccan eclectus, the green plumage of the male only has a slight yellow tinge and the tail is tipped with a half-inch yellow band. The central tail feathers are green and lateral ones blue and green. It is widely distributed from Kai Islands and western islands of the West Papua province in the west, across the island of New Guinea to the Trobriands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands to the east, and south to the northern Cape York Peninsula of Australia.

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Easily confused with

Sumba EclectusEclectus corneliaThe Sumba eclectus, or Cornelia's eclectus is a parrot species which is native to Sumba. Tanimbar EclectusEclectus riedeliThe Tanimbar eclectus, or Riedel's eclectus is a parrot species which is native to the Tanimbar Islands. Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratusThe Moluccan eclectus is unusual in the parrot family for its marked visible light sexual dimorphism in the colours of the plumage.