Comoro Black Parrot
Coracopsis sibilans
Fairly large, black parrot that is found in humid forest, and sometimes in adjacent plantations. Often seen in flight, sometimes in small, loose flocks. Incredibly loud calls consist mainly of musical whistles, often given in long up-and-down series. Can be very hard to separate from Greater Vasa Parrot, but smaller and smaller-billed, with a curving edge to the skin at the back of the bill. Vocalizations are higher-pitched and more musical than those of Greater Vasa Parrot. Can easily be mistaken for a raptor in flight, but has all-black plumage unlike any raptor in range.
分类信息
- 学名
- Coracopsis sibilans
- 命名信息
- Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885
- 目
- Psittaciformes
- 科
- Psittaculidae
- 属
- Coracopsis
分布与栖息地
- 迁徙
- Resident species
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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