Geoffroyus geoffroyi
Colourization Adult: G.g. geoffroyi: male-red forehead to sides of head; lilac/blue crown and occiput; green nape to hindneck; inner median wing coverts red/brown; blue underwing coverts. Red upper mandible, brown lower mandible. Eye yellow. Female-brown head. Bill brown. G.g. floresianus: male-as in geoffroyi, but in general darker; purple/blue of crown is darker and reaches to nape; inner median wing coverts darker red/brown; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Bill larger. Female-crown darker brown and reaches to nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. cyanicollis: male-in general darker than geoffroyi; purple/blue of crown reaching to hindneck, meeting with evident blue collar; bronze/brown variable wash on mantle and upper back; blue/green upper breast and lower abdomen; red/brown on inner median wing coverts absent; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-head darker than that of geoffroyi; purple suffusion on crown; blue nape reaching evident blue collar; otherwise as in male. G.g. rhodops: male-as in floresianus, but in general darker; mark on inner median wing coverts dark brown/red; blue crown sharply separated from red of face; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-dark brown chestnut crown; otherwise as in male. G.g. keyensis: male-as in floresianus, but in general more yellow/green, particularly tail; pink/red cheeks and ear coverts washed with lilac/blue; faint yellow/green collar across hindneck and darker green stripe on foreneck; pale blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-paler chestnut/brown on head; otherwise as in male. G.g. timorlaoensis: both adults as in keyensis, but smaller in size. G.g. aruensis: male-as in geoffroyi, but darker purple/blue of crown reaching to nape; inner median wing coverts has darker red/brown marking; darker blue underwing coverts. Female-darker brown of crown reaches to nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. maclennani: male-as in aruensis, but in general darker; red of face more dark and uniform; paler blue underwing coverts. Female-as in aruensis, but in general darker; darker brown head; paler blue underwing coverts. G.g. sudestiensis: male-as in aruensis, but underparts darker; red/brown marker on inner median coverts absent. Female-dark green crown and nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. cyanicarpus: male-as in aruensis, but with lilac/blue wash on cheeks and ear coverts; bend of wing to outside primary feather has blue edge. Female-as in aruensis, but brown crown and nape, with slight green tint; blue edge on outside of wing as in male. G.g. minor: male-as in aruensis, but with brown/red lower back to rump; darker red face; bronze/brown wash on mantle; marking on inner wing coverts minimal or absent. Female-as in aruensis, but slightly darker brown head; otherwise as in male. G.g. jobiensis: both adults as in minor, but with paler blue underwing coverts; bright red lower back to rump; in male, red on forehead reaches back to forecrown. G.g. mysoriensis: male-as in minor, but purple/blue of crown reaching down over hindneck, and red in face reaching to throat; bronze/brown wash of mantle absent; red/brown marking extensive on inner median wing coverts; darker blue underwing coverts; dark maroon lower back to rump, is less brown. Female-as in minor, but brown in crown reaching over hindneck; otherwise as in male. G.g. pucherani: both adults as in minor, with bronze marking on inner median wing covert minimal or absent; mantle has less bronze/brown wash; paler brown lower back to rump with less red; dark blue underwing coverts. G.g. obiensis: both adults as in cyanicollis but blue hindneck collar wider and reaching up nearly to eye; purple/blue in male or brown in female not reaching below occiput; red/brown lower back to rump. Colourization Juvenile: G.g. geoffroyi: green head, red/brown on inner median wing coverts absent. Bill yellow. Eye brown. Call: Calls made in flight or when perched are distinctive; shrieking and metallic series of notes repeated rapidly; also two-syllable notes ending with upward inflection and a variety of croaking, chattering notes and shrill screeches.
Not Threatened.
Colourization Adult: G.g. geoffroyi: male-red forehead to sides of head; lilac/blue crown and occiput; green nape to hindneck; inner median wing coverts red/brown; blue underwing coverts. Red upper mandible, brown lower mandible. Eye yellow. Female-brown head. Bill brown. G.g. floresianus: male-as in geoffroyi, but in general darker; purple/blue of crown is darker and reaches to nape; inner median wing coverts darker red/brown; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Bill larger. Female-crown darker brown and reaches to nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. cyanicollis: male-in general darker than geoffroyi; purple/blue of crown reaching to hindneck, meeting with evident blue collar; bronze/brown variable wash on mantle and upper back; blue/green upper breast and lower abdomen; red/brown on inner median wing coverts absent; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-head darker than that of geoffroyi; purple suffusion on crown; blue nape reaching evident blue collar; otherwise as in male. G.g. rhodops: male-as in floresianus, but in general darker; mark on inner median wing coverts dark brown/red; blue crown sharply separated from red of face; darker blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-dark brown chestnut crown; otherwise as in male. G.g. keyensis: male-as in floresianus, but in general more yellow/green, particularly tail; pink/red cheeks and ear coverts washed with lilac/blue; faint yellow/green collar across hindneck and darker green stripe on foreneck; pale blue underwing coverts. Larger in size. Female-paler chestnut/brown on head; otherwise as in male. G.g. timorlaoensis: both adults as in keyensis, but smaller in size. G.g. aruensis: male-as in geoffroyi, but darker purple/blue of crown reaching to nape; inner median wing coverts has darker red/brown marking; darker blue underwing coverts. Female-darker brown of crown reaches to nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. maclennani: male-as in aruensis, but in general darker; red of face more dark and uniform; paler blue underwing coverts. Female-as in aruensis, but in general darker; darker brown head; paler blue underwing coverts. G.g. sudestiensis: male-as in aruensis, but underparts darker; red/brown marker on inner median coverts absent. Female-dark green crown and nape; otherwise as in male. G.g. cyanicarpus: male-as in aruensis, but with lilac/blue wash on cheeks and ear coverts; bend of wing to outside primary feather has blue edge. Female-as in aruensis, but brown crown and nape, with slight green tint; blue edge on outside of wing as in male. G.g. minor: male-as in aruensis, but with brown/red lower back to rump; darker red face; bronze/brown wash on mantle; marking on inner wing coverts minimal or absent. Female-as in aruensis, but slightly darker brown head; otherwise as in male. G.g. jobiensis: both adults as in minor, but with paler blue underwing coverts; bright red lower back to rump; in male, red on forehead reaches back to forecrown. G.g. mysoriensis: male-as in minor, but purple/blue of crown reaching down over hindneck, and red in face reaching to throat; bronze/brown wash of mantle absent; red/brown marking extensive on inner median wing coverts; darker blue underwing coverts; dark maroon lower back to rump, is less brown. Female-as in minor, but brown in crown reaching over hindneck; otherwise as in male. G.g. pucherani: both adults as in minor, with bronze marking on inner median wing covert minimal or absent; mantle has less bronze/brown wash; paler brown lower back to rump with less red; dark blue underwing coverts. G.g. obiensis: both adults as in cyanicollis but blue hindneck collar wider and reaching up nearly to eye; purple/blue in male or brown in female not reaching below occiput; red/brown lower back to rump. Colourization Juvenile: G.g. geoffroyi: green head, red/brown on inner median wing coverts absent. Bill yellow. Eye brown. Call: Calls made in flight or when perched are distinctive; shrieking and metallic series of notes repeated rapidly; also two-syllable notes ending with upward inflection and a variety of croaking, chattering notes and shrill screeches.
21 cm, 135-180 g
Taxonomy:
- Psittacus Geoffroyi Bechstein, 1811, New Holland; error = Timor. Genus has occasionally been merged into Psittinus. Proposed races sumbavensis and tjindanae are synonyms of floresianus; stresemanni of rhodops; explorator too may be synonymous with rhodops. Sixteen subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * cyanicollis (S. Müller, 1841) - N Moluccas. * obiensis (Finsch, 1868) - Obi group, NC Moluccas. * rhodops (Schlegel, 1864) - S Moluccas. * explorator Hartert, 1901 - Seram Laut Is (E of Seram). * keyensis Finsch, 1868 - Kai Is. * floresianus Salvadori, 1891 - W Lesser Sundas. * geoffroyi (Bechstein, 1811) - E Lesser Sundas. * timorlaoensis A. B. Meyer, 1884 - Tanimbar Is. * pucherani Souancé, 1856 - W Papuan Is and NW New Guinea. * minor Neumann, 1922 - N New Guinea. * jobiensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874) - Yapen and Meos Num, Geelvink Bay. * mysoriensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874) - Biak and Numfor, Geelvink Bay. * orientalis A. B. Meyer, 1891 - Huon Peninsula (NE New Guinea). * sudestiensis De Vis, 1890 - Misima and Tagula in Louisiade Archipelago. * cyanicarpus Hartert, 1899 - Rossel in Louisiade Archipelago. * aruensis (G. R. Gray, 1858) - Aru Is, S New Guinea, E Papuan islands and extreme N Queensland.
Found up to 800m in primary and secondary forests, savanna with trees, plantations, open woodland, mangrove and farmland. FOOD: Feeds on seeds, fruit and blossoms.
Feeds on seeds, fruit and blossoms.
April-August, Lesser Sunda Islands; February-October, New Guinea; August-December, Australia.2-4 eggs 29.0 x 25.0mm. Leaves roosting area early in morning to begin feeding. Found in pairs or small groups, feeding inconspicuously in the tree tops. Noisy and boisterous first thing in the morning and at dusk when returning to roost, with much calling and acrobatic flying.