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Species
Charmosyna wilhelminae Meyer, AB, 1874
Nomenclature
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Family: PsittacidaeGenus: Charmosyna
Species:
Charmosyna wilhelminae Meyer, AB, 1874
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Pygmy Lorikeet, Wilhelmina's/Pygmy Streaked Lorikeet
Media
SUMMARY
Colourization Adult: Male-purple/brown crown and nape, the nape streaked with blue; hindneck has olive wash; red lower back; rump dark purple/blue; breast streaked with yellow; underwing coverts red; stripe under the wing red; tail green tipped with yellow, with red at base of side feathers. Bill orange. Eye orange/red. Female-green lower back and underwing coverts with red underwing stripe absent. Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with little or no streaking on breast or nape; red underwing coverts and stripe under wing in males, but lower back purple. Bill brown. Eye brown. Call: Are described as high-pitched and not unlike those of Micropsitta pygmy parrots, but with harsh notes of other lorikeets.