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Description
9,5 cm. length between 12 and 18 g. of weight.
The head of the Finsch's Pygmy-Parrot (Micropsitta finschii) is bright green, slightly yellowish, dotted with pale blue in the chin and throat. Upperparts bright green, with fine darker stripes. The flight feather they are black with fine green edges; wing feathers greenish yellow. The underparts pale yellowish green with fine darker stripes and feather in the center of the belly orange-red; uppertail-coverts yellow, the longest with bluish-green tips. Upper, the tail is off blue, Black in the Center and sides with blue and yellow tips; below, the tail is black with yellow tips.
Bill blackish; cere Pink ; irises orange red; legs grey.
Cere rose in the male, grey in the female. The females they lack the red marks in the underparts and they have pink feathers, not blue, on chin.
Immature with bill grayish and reddish brown, not orange-red, the irises.
In the juvenile birds the cere is greyish in both sexes. Males immature of the species nominal lack of the chin Blue and red markings in the abdomen.
- Sound of the Finsch's Pygmy-Parrot.
Subspecies description
Habitat:
Most common in lowland primary forest at mid-altitude, are observed to the 900 meters above sea level (lower boundary of cloud forests where they are replaced by the Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot, but they are distributed in a variety of habitats, including weed gardens, casuarinas, secondary growth, areas of open scrubland and occasionally coconut (Cocoa nuts). It's a vociferous and active species, difficult to observe. They are alone, in pairs or in groups of 3 to 6 birds. They feed on acrobatic form, down with your head upside down and using their tails as support on the bark of the trees.
Reproduction:
One to two eggs are deposited by the female in an excavated cavity over a period of several weeks in an active tree termite nest. (that is also used for the rest). Adults were observed with young in January 1995 in the South of New Ireland. The breeding period It speculates that may be between March and Mayo.
Food:
Peck the trunks and branches of the tree tops and medium height plants to glean lichens and fungi, also noticed them is feeding of seeds of casuarina.
Distribution:
Are found in the Bismarck Archipelago including New Hanover, Tabar, Lihir and New Ireland, through Bougainville in the Solomon Islands in Choiseul, Santa Isabel, Malaita, Vella Lavella, Gizo, Kolombangara, New Georgia, Rendova, the Russell Islands, the Islands of Florida, Nggela Sule, Guadalcanal, Uki and San Cristóbal.
Subspecies distribution:
Conservation:
• Current IUCN Red List category: Least concern
• Population trend: Stable
The size of the world population It has not been quantified, supposedly above 100.000 specimens. The species according to sources, It is abundant within its range (pit et to the. 1997).
The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence of any reduction or substantial threats.
In captivity:
Not found in captivity.
This species has only been kept alive for short periods in captivity.; new birds may refuse foods completely.
Alternative names:
– Finsch’s Pygmy-Parrot, Emerald Pygmy Parrot, Finsch’s Pygmy Parrot, Green Pygmy Parrot, Green Pygmy-Parrot (ingles).
РMicropsitte de Finsch (franc̩s).
– Salomonenspechtpapagei, Salomonen-Spechtpapagei (alemán).
РMicropsitta finschii (portugu̩s).
РMicroloro de Finsch (espa̱ol).
scientific classification:
– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Scientific name: Micropsitta finschii
– Genus: Meeki
– Citation: (Ramsay,EP, 1881)
– Protonimo: Nasiterna Finschii
Images "Finsch's Pygmy-Parrot"
Videos "Finsch's Pygmy-Parrot"
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«Finsch microlore» (Micropsitta finschii)
Sources:
– Avibase
– Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Parrots A Guide to the Parrots of the World – Tony Juniper & Mike Parr
– Birdlife
– Wikipedia
– Photos:
(1) – A bird foraging on a trunk by Josep del Hoyo – lynx
(2) – Parrots of the World – Forshaw Joseph M
– Sounds: Mark Todd (Xeno-canto)
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