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fruitynutbird
Fledgeling
Joined: 03 May 2006
Posts: 226
Location: Sydney, Australia |
| Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi - very rare subspecies |
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I've made a new diary page with some photos of the very rare Australian Eclectus subspecies: Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi.
http://www.fluffies.org/en/flu.....mp;start=0
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. |
Saturday July 22, 2006 11:45 pm |
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Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10102
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Beautiful birds! Thanks for the info..
I didn't know there were that much subspecies!
I knew 3.. |
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Sunday July 23, 2006 11:00 am |
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