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Species
Oreopsittacus arfaki Meyer, AB, 1874
Nomenclature
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Family: PsittacidaeGenus: Oreopsittacus
SUMMARY
Colourization Adult: O.a. arfaki: both adults mainly green in colour; red forecrown; purple lores and cheeks; from lores to area below eyes are two rows of white streaks; orange/red abdomen and lower flanks; yellow on sides of undertail coverts; red underwing coverts to sides of breast; underwing stripe yellow; green tail tipped with rose/red. Bill black. Eye dark brown. O.a. major: larger in size than arfaki; tail has scarlet tips. O.a. grandis: as in major, but with green on abdomen to lower flanks. Colourization Juvenile: O.a arfaki: frontal band red in males, orange frontal band narrower in females; green crown; dull green cheeks, with dull mauve wash; white steaks beneath eye faint. O.a. major: as in adults. O.a. grandis: as in adults. Call: Calls are described as soft, twittering notes sounding like the jangle of small coins; also repetitious, abrupt notes.