Blue-naped Parrot

Tanygnathus lucionensis

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31 cm.. length between 148 and 231 g. of weight.

The Blue-naped Parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis) has the head bright green with a clear bright blue diffusion through the back of the crown and nape.

Upperparts yellowish-green with pale blue illuminated on the back low and the tail; upper tail coverts brighter yellowish green.

Scapulars blue, with green edges; shoulder Black with small coverts Black bordered of blue-green and orange Green; median black and pale blue, large edges of opaque orange brown; greater coverts Blue-Green lined with orange-yellow in the feathers interiors.

Secondary Green with yellow and narrow margins; primaries Greens with vane blackish internal.

Wing feathers green, underside of primaries blackish.

Upper, the tail green, narrow edge and yellowish tip laterally; undertail, the tail yellowish brown opaque.

Bill red, paler at the tip and the lower jaw; irises yellow; legs grey.

Both sexes are equal.

Immature with less blue in the crown and more off the brands of the wings.

• Sound of the Blue-naped Parrot.

• Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis

  : The nominal.




• Tanygnathus lucionensis hybridus

  : It has the most extended head blue, with violet tone. Their wings are greener.




• Tanygnathus lucionensis talautensis

  : No blue in the obispillo and their plumage is less yellowish.




• Tanygnathus lucionensis [salvadorii u horrisonus]:

It is a bird of forests closed and open, including secondary growth, coconut plantations, patches of mangrove and banana to the 1.000 meters above sea level; and not so strongly linked to coastal habitats as the Great-billed Parrot. Is usually found in flocks of up to 12 individuals who sit in community and make regular flights at dawn and in the evening between the feeding and resting areas. Feeds on fruit trees.

The breeding It has been observed in the months of April to June. Registered a nest the natural cavity or abandoned Woodpecker hole, often a clear. There is no data on the size of the laying.

Fruits and seeds of forest trees, Palm fruit, young coconuts, the banana and papaya.

The population of the Blue-naped Parrot distributes lengthwise of the Philippines and Talaud Islands, (Indonesian). Specific records found on the islands of Balut, Bantavan, Basilan, Biliran, Bohol, Bongao, Cagayan Islands, Calamian Islands, Caluya, Cebu, Cuimaras, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Maestre de Campo, Malanipa, Manuk Manka, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindanao, Mindoro, Blacks, Palawan, Surigao del Sur, Polillo Islands, Romblon, Samar, Sanga Sanga, Sarangani Islands, Samal, Sibay, Sibutu, Sibuyan, Siquijor, Tables, Tawitawi, Ticao, Tumindao and Verde (Philippines); Karakelong and Salibabu (Talaud).

Apparently, small groups of birds in Mantanani Kiss (Northwest Sabah), and SI-Amil (until 100 birds present in 1962) and Maratua off the northeast coast of Borneo; The existence of a wild population was also reported around Kota Kinabalu, (Sabah).

Occasional leaks occur in other parts, including the Sangir Islands.

The species was described as common in Salibabu in the Group of Talaud in 1978 (more numerous there than the Azure-rumped parrot) and they are still regularly seen there and in the nearby Karakelong during observations in 1995 (Numerous in a last record in 1997).

In other areas the species is rare. Recent records in Philippines they come mainly from Mindoro and Palawan, places that seem to be the bastion of the species.

• Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis

  : The nominal.

• Tanygnathus lucionensis hybridus

  : (Salomonsen, 1952) – Present in Polillo island, to the North of Philippines.

• Tanygnathus lucionensis talautensis

  : (AB Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895) – Talaud Islands (North Moluccas).

• Tanygnathus lucionensis [salvadorii u horrisonus]:

  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1896) – Philippines, (except North), but it can be rare or extinct on many islands. Also in some small islands off Northwest and northeast of Borneo (If Amil, Mantanani), where it was possibly introduced, especially on this last island.

• Current category of the Red List of the UICN: Near threatened

• Population trend: Decreasing

The total population is provisionally estimated to be below the 10,000 specimens in 1993 (Lambert et to the. 1993).

The population is suspected to be in decline due to capture for the bird trade and habitat degradation from expansion and logging due to agricultural pressures..

Conservation Actions Proposed Palawan:

– Determine the impact of trade on the population of the species.
– Revise its estimate of the world population.
– Estimate the rates of decline based on the rates of deforestation within its range.
– Protect effectively important extensions of high forest with trees suitable to nest in key places throughout its distribution area, both in the areas of strict protection, such as multi-use areas.

pretty calm.
Occasionally available.

– Blue-naped Parrot, Blue naped Parrot (ingles).
– Perruche de Luçon, Perroquet à couronne (French).
– Blaunackenpapagei, Blaunacken-Papagei (German).
– Papagaio-de-nuca-azul (Portuguese).
– Loro de Nuca Azul, Loro Nuquiazul (español).

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittaculidae
– Genus: Tanygnathus
– Scientific name: Tanygnathus lucionensis
– Citation: (Linnaeus, 1766)
– Protonimo: Psittacus lucionensis

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«Loro Nuquiazul» (Tanygnathus lucionensis)

Sources:

– Sounds: Arend Wassink (Xeno-canto)