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juvenile RR Parrots

To: "John Leonard" <>, "Canberra Birds" <>
Subject: juvenile RR Parrots
From: Julian Robinson <>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:55:02 +1100
My own photos all show a blue or at least aqua face on the (adult) males, as does the Aust Museum Photo Field Guide. The face colour is clearly different from that of the rest of the head. But Morcombe shows no diff at all, a yellowy-green face which I'd say is plain incorrect unless there is a regional variation. To my eyes P&K and S&D both hint at it but don't show it as strong as it appears in real life in most light. Maybe yours were more blue than I'm talking about?
http://flickr.com/photos/ozjulian/2099875427/
http://flickr.com/photos/ozjulian/243021447/
http://flickr.com/photos/ozjulian/470972644/

Julian

At 08:10 PM 9/12/2007, John Leonard wrote:
I was watching some juvenile Red-rumped Parrots on the north shore of
Lake Ginnindera this evening. Some appeared to have pale blue washes
on the face. Presumably these are the immature males, I can't find
this illustrated in any of the field guides and it reminds me of
Turquoise Parrots.

--
John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net

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