Certainly I don;t think the field guides show enough of the blue wash
on the face of adult male RRPs, as your excellent photos do. However
my impression was that these juveniles had an even stronger blueish
wash, coupled with the olive-green female/juvenile plumage. It was
quite striking. Pity I didn't have my camera with me!
cheers
John L
On 12/12/2007, Julian Robinson <> wrote:
> 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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