Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

Species Profile

Size:

35cm (13.6 in)

Weight:

190-277g (6.6-9.7 oz)

Races including nominate:

two: D.a. accipitrinus, D.a. fuscifrons

Colour Adult:

D.a. accipitrinus: Both adults forehead and crown soft white; dark brown lores; feathers of occiput and sides of head brown, streaked with soft white; long feathers of hindneck dark red, edged with blue; upperparts and lower underparts green; breast and abdomen dark red, strongly scalloped with blue; tail green with hidden maroon at base. Bill grey/black. Eye ring grey, eye yellow.

D.a. fuscifrons: Both adults forehead and crown dusty brown, faintly streaked soft white; maroon at base of tail absent.