Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)

Other Names (World)
Red-cheeked Parrot, Geoffroy's Parrot, Pink-cheeked Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
21 - 27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bechstein, 1811)

Derivation
Geoffroyus - Geoffroy St. Hilaire, French naturalist: geoffroyi - Geoffroy St. Hilaire

Abundance (Guide)
UC

Locally common. Sedentary.

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest, shrubland and mangroves. Eucalypt woodlands near rainforest. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B), Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

Cape York Peninsula from the Pascoe River to the Rocky River.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Endangered.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Seeds, nuts, fruits and berries.

Voice
A loud, metallic 'aank', repeated rapidly 10 or more times, or 'aank-aank', ending with an upward inflection, uttered continuously in contact in flight. A peculiar guttural chatter or high-pitched screeching uttered when excited.

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Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (82)...)

Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi) [XC292550]
by Marc Anderson from Puarlolo, Flores, Indonesia (call)

Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi) [XC151737]
by Mike Nelson from Weda, Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia (flight call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Mainly September - December.

Nest
In a hollow of a rainforest tree.

Eggs (Guide)
2 - 4, usually 3; white; rounded; about 29 x 25 mm. Incubation: by female.

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies sumbavensis and tjindanae are synonyms of floresianus; stresemanni of rhodops; explorator too may be synonymous with rhodops.

One endemic subspecies in Australia, maclennani.

The following 17 subspecies are recognised:

cyanicollis (M�ller, S, 1841) - Northern Moluccas.
obiensis (Finsch, 1868) - Obi group, north-central Moluccas.
rhodops (Schlegel, 1864) - Southern Moluccas.
explorator Hartert, 1901 - Seram Laut Is (east of Seram).
keyensis Finsch, 1868 - Kai Is.
floresianus Salvadori, 1891 - Western Lesser Sundas.
geoffroyi (Bechstein, 1811) - Eastern Lesser Sundas.
timorlaoensis Meyer, AB, 1884 - Tanimbar Is.
pucherani Souanc�, 1856 - Western Papuan Is and north-western New Guinea.
minor Neumann, 1922 - Northern New Guinea.
jobiensis (Meyer, AB, 1874) - Yapen and Meos Num, Geelvink Bay.
mysorensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874) - Biak and Numfor, Geelvink Bay.
orientalis A. B. Meyer, 1891 - Huon Peninsula (north-eastern New Guinea).
sudestiensis De Vis, 1890 - Misima and Tagula in Louisiade Archipelago.
cyanicarpus Hartert, 1899 - Rossel in Louisiade Archipelago.
aruensis (Gray, GR, 1858) - Aru Is, southern New Guinea, eastern Papuan islands and extreme northern Queensland.
maclennani (MacGillivray, WDK, 1913) - Cape York Pen. (north-eastern Australia).

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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