Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot
Micropsitta bruijnii
A tiny parrot of montane forests. The male is brightly-colored with a green back, red belly and a peachy cheek and throat surrounded with bright blue. The female is mainly green with a blue crown and whitish face. Other pygmy-parrot species do not usually occur in this altitudinal range. Like other pygmy-parrots, it creeps along trunks but nests in stumps rather than arboreal termitaria. The male is unmistakeable and female similar to Yellow-capped and Buff-faced, but has a paler face and lacks the bright yellow vent. A high-pitch tinkling call.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Micropsitta bruijnii
- Authority
- (Salvadori, 1875)
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Micropsitta
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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