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The Papuan king parrot is 36 cm (14 in) long including a long, broad tail. It has dark grey legs and orange irises. The three subspecies of the Papuan king parrot all show sexual dimorphism and in all three subspecies the male can be identified by a prominent broad pale-green band on each wing (resembling a shoulder stripe). The differences in the females between subspecies are more marked than the differences in the males. The male has a red head and neck, red lower parts, blue back and rump, green wings each with a broad band of pale-green. In the male of A. c.
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When to see the Papuan King Parrot
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 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 King Parrot
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Papuan King Parrot
The Papuan king parrot, also known as the green-winged king parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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Easily confused with
Moluccan King ParrotAlisterus amboinensisAn adult Moluccan king parrot measures 35–40 cm (14 in) in length and has a red head and chest, outer wings dull green (except in subspecies A. a. hypophonius, which are blue), mantle, lesser wing coverts and tail-coverts dark purple-blue.
Australian King ParrotAlisterus scapularisAdults of both sexes are about 43 cm (17 in) in length, including the long, broad tail.
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