Pseudeos fuscata
Adult: Both adults have two colour phases with varying tones; in general plumage dusty olive/brown; dull yellow crown; band on foreneck yellow or red/orange, with occasionally a second band across chest; yellow or red/orange lower breast to abdomen; buff/white back and rump; brown and yellow or red/orange underwing coverts; pair of underwing bands orange/yellow; yellow/olive tail. Bill deep orange. Skin at base of bill bare and orange. Eye red. Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with more extensive yellow or orange/red markings on underparts; dull buff/yellow back and rump. Bill brown/black with yellow at base. Eye yellow/grey. Call: Calls heard as harsh and grating screeches.
Not Threatened.
Adult: Both adults have two colour phases with varying tones; in general plumage dusty olive/brown; dull yellow crown; band on foreneck yellow or red/orange, with occasionally a second band across chest; yellow or red/orange lower breast to abdomen; buff/white back and rump; brown and yellow or red/orange underwing coverts; pair of underwing bands orange/yellow; yellow/olive tail. Bill deep orange. Skin at base of bill bare and orange. Eye red. Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with more extensive yellow or orange/red markings on underparts; dull buff/yellow back and rump. Bill brown/black with yellow at base. Eye yellow/grey. Call: Calls heard as harsh and grating screeches.
25 cm, 140-190 g
Taxonomy:
- Eos fuscata Blyth, 1858, Manokwari (formerly Dorey), New Guinea. In past considered polytypic, with nominate race confined to birds of Salawati and nearby mainland, and all other populations grouped in race incondita. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- New Guinea throughout, except for highest areas; also islands of Yapen and Salawati.
Found up to 2400m in habitats ranging from lowlands and hills to 1500m up to mountain areas. Prefers humid forest margins, secondary growth, savanna, plantations and some inhabited areas.
Feeds on flowers, fruits and insects.
Oct-Aug. Very social, forming large, boisterous flocks. Relies on availability of flowering trees for food and is therefore nomadic. Roosts communally in large groups. 2 rounded eggs, 28.0 x 24.0mm