Parrots (Psittacidae)
Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi) - HBW 4, p. 388
French: Perruche de Geoffroy
German: Rotkopfpapagei
Spanish: Lorito Carirrojo
Taxonomy: Psittacus Geoffroyi Bechstein, 1811, New Holland; error = Timor.
Genus has occasionally been merged into Psittinus. Proposed races sumbavensis and tjindanae are synonyms of floresianus; stresemanni of rhodops; explorator too may be synonymous with rhodops. Sixteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cyanicollis (S. Müller, 1841) - N Moluccas.
- obiensis (Finsch, 1868) - Obi group, NC Moluccas.
- rhodops (Schlegel, 1864) - S Moluccas.
- cyanicollis (S. Müller, 1841) - N Moluccas.
- obiensis (Finsch, 1868) - Obi group, NC Moluccas.
- rhodops (Schlegel, 1864) - S Moluccas.
- explorator Hartert, 1901 - Seram Laut Is (E of Seram).
- keyensis Finsch, 1868 - Kai Is.
- floresianus Salvadori, 1891 - W Lesser Sundas.
- geoffroyi (Bechstein, 1811) - E Lesser Sundas.
- timorlaoensis A. B. Meyer, 1884 - Tanimbar Is.
- pucherani Souancé, 1856 - W Papuan Is and NW New Guinea.
- minor Neumann, 1922 - N New Guinea.
- jobiensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874) - Yapen and Meos Num, Geelvink Bay.
- mysoriensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874) - Biak and Numfor, Geelvink Bay.
- orientalis A. B. Meyer, 1891 - Huon Peninsula (NE New Guinea).
- sudestiensis De Vis, 1890 - Misima and Tagula in Louisiade Archipelago.
- cyanicarpus Hartert, 1899 - Rossel in Louisiade Archipelago.
- aruensis (G. R. Gray, 1858) - Aru Is, S New Guinea, E Papuan islands and extreme N Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male moving along a branch Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 4 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A male in a tree eating fruits, using its foot, and then flying away while calling with other birds. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp timorlaoensis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 36 sec 3.7 -
A bird preening on a tree trunk Locality Potawangka, Flores, Lesser Sundas (ssp floresianus)
Stefan Behrens 2003 5 years ago 46 sec 3.4 -
A male perched in a tree, moving and eating fruits. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp timorlaoensis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3 -
A male perched in a tree, feeding on fruits. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp timorlaoensis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 3 -
A ventral view of a bird in a tree. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp cyanicollis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 1 year ago 20 sec 3
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A male and a female looking for a suitable nest.
Locality Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp timorlaoensis)
mehdhalaouate 23 August 2006 3 years ago 3.5 -
Perched male
Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 10 August 2009 4 years ago 3 -
A female perched in a roadside tree, about 12 km. east of Sidangoli.
Locality Sidangoli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp cyanicollis)
David Beadle 16 October 2011 1 year ago 2.8 -
A male perched in a tree.
Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp timorlaoensis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 2.3
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Call by one bird and then several birds calling when flying away. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas
(ssp timorlaoensis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
Calling solitary and together Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
(ssp cyanicollis)
Niels Poul Dreyer 15 July 1989 15 weeks ago 0
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