Charmosyna wilhelminae
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.
Not Threatened.
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.
13 cm, 20 g
Taxonomy:
- Trichoglossus Wilhelminae A. B. Meyer, 1874, west coast of Geelvink Bay. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- W, C & E New Guinea from Vogelkop E to Owen Stanley Range.
Occurs in montane forest margins and adjoining savanna woodland, frequently descending into lowland forest at bases of mountains or at sea level. Found from 1000-2200m.
Feeds on nectar and pollen.
No info, 2 rounded eggs, 17.0 x 13.5mm, Seen in pairs and small flocks of up to 20 individuals in the canopy of flowering trees. Often seen with Goldie's and Fairy Lorikeets. Active feeders. Difficult to detect because of nearly all green plumage. CITES II
