Here are some photos of the very rare Australian Eclectus subspecies:

Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi

The Australian Eclectus is kept by only a couple of aviculturists in the USA and is also

extremely rare in other countries around the world.

Its numbers are declining in the wild,

but its numbers in captivity inside Australia are gradually increasing.

The Australian Eclectus subspecies is the largest of all the Eclectus parrots,

and much stockier in build.

They are about 40cm in length, compared to E. roratus vosmaeri at 38cm, and the

Red-sided Eclectus (E. roratus polychloros) at 37cm.

As can be seen in these photos, the Australian Eclectus subspecies is similar in color

to the much more common Eclectus roratus polychloros.

However, notice the very prominent frontal sinuses which give the

Australian Eclectus a very broad, flatter, square-looking forehead.

The Australian Eclectus (male) is the bird on the left,

(No, he's not larger just because he's perched more to the front, heheh!)

while the other two birds are E. r. polychloros - male in the center and

female on the far right.

These birds belong to Barry Blanch in Brisbane, Australia.

It is the first time I have seen a live bird of E. roratus macgillivrayi.

Barry had a female Australian Eclectus as well, and the pair of birds laid many, many eggs,

but unfortunately, they were all infertile.

Sadly, Barry's female Australian Eclectus passed away only recently.