Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot

When to see the Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot

The red-breasted pygmy parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Its natural habitat is the boreal forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests of the Maluku Islands and Melanesia.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-capped Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta keiensisAdults of both sexes are green, have a yellow crown and undertail coverts, blue central tail feathers and brown eyes. 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). Geelvink Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta geelvinkianaIt has a brown head, blue crown, light blue ear covert, yellow breast, green body and blue tail.