Parrots (Psittacidae)
Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus) - HBW 4, p. 395
French: Grand éclectus
German: Edelpapagei
Spanish: Loro Ecléctico
Other common names: Red-sided (Eclectus) Parrot, Kalanga
Taxonomy: Psittacus roratus P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Ambon.
Genus name formerly given as Lorius Boddaert, 1783, although original spelling, was “Larius”; this name (either spelling) officially suppressed in 1970, giving way to Eclectus for present species, and leaving genus name Lorius Vigors, 1825, available for “Domicella” lories. Race polychloros formerly known as pectoralis, but latter name now considered a synonym of nominate. Proposed race “westermani” is known only from four aviary specimens of unknown provenance dating from before 1850. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vosmaeri (Rothschild, 1922) - N & C Moluccas.
- roratus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - S Moluccas.
- cornelia Bonaparte, 1850 - Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
- vosmaeri (Rothschild, 1922) - N & C Moluccas.
- roratus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - S Moluccas.
- cornelia Bonaparte, 1850 - Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
- riedeli A. B. Meyer, 1882 - Tanimbar Is.
- aruensis G. R. Gray, 1858 - Aru Is.
- biaki (Hartert, 1932) - Biak I.
- polychloros (Scopoli, 1786) - New Guinea and adjacent islands and archipelagos.
- solomonensis Rothschild & Hartert, 1901 - Admiralty Is, Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Is.
- macgillivrayi Mathews, 1913 - extreme N Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
A pair on a branch, copulating and showing comfort behaviour Locality Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp cornelia)
Stefan Behrens 2003 6 years ago 41 sec 4.8 -
A female on a branch, calling twice Locality Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp cornelia)
Stefan Behrens 2003 6 years ago 31 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of an adult bird Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp vosmaeri)
Luc Fazio 19 August 1997 5 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
A pair copulating twice Locality Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp cornelia)
Stefan Behrens 2003 6 years ago 1 min 55 sec 4.5 -
A male feeding at a feeder Locality Adelaide Zoo, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Nick Talbot 30 September 2004 7 years ago 11 sec 4 -
A female on a branch, scratching its head and rubbing its bill Locality Bali Bird Park, Bali (Indonesia)
Philip Griffin 17 September 2005 6 years ago 16 sec 3.9
-
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Parc Pairi Daiza (Paradisio), Cambron-Casteau, Brugelette, Hainaut Province, Belgium
lsargentini 2 September 2012 32 weeks ago 3.8 -
close up of a male bird
Locality Queensland, Australia
marianhw 3 February 2013 14 weeks ago 3.7 -
a female in a cage
Locality Vogelpark Niendorf, Timmendorfer Strand, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Rainer Mönke 17 September 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
In cocunut palm
Locality Kri Eco Resort, Kri Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp polychloros)
Niels Poul Dreyer 7 November 2012 24 weeks ago 3.6 -
A female in the nest.
Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp polychloros)
Carmelo López 16 October 2012 28 weeks ago 3.6 -
A male perched on an overhead branch.
Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp vosmaeri)
David Beadle 20 October 2011 1 year ago 3.3
-
calling Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
(ssp vosmaeri)
Niels Poul Dreyer 15 July 1989 16 weeks ago 5 -
Several birds calling in a tree where they are nesting. Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
(ssp polychloros)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
Calls of a female. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp solomonensis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Calls of a male. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp solomonensis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 2 years ago 4
Email this page