Hello Turk watchers,
I'm aware that wild Turquoise Parrots (TP) can have an orange patch on the
belly although I haven't actually seen it myself. I just felt that the
issue should be raised as I was surprised that Keith Brandwood would have
misidentified them. This suggested to me that there may have been something
odd about the birds. I''ve just taken a look at A Guide to Neophema and
Psephotus.Their mutations, care and breeding, by Toby Martin (1989). The
mutation that I was thinking of is called the Red-fronted. Males have a
full red/orange front from the belly right up the chest. The females only
have it on the belly. The breeding of mutations in the Neophema parrots
seems to be becoming more common than the normal birds these days and if
escapes were going to be seen there is a good chance that they are going to
be mutations of some sort.
Anyway, its possibly a moot point as according to Edwin Vella they were
very shy, so on behavioural grounds they may well have been wild birds.
It was just a thought.
Cheers,
Mick Todd
Michael Todd
Toronto, NSW, Australia
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At 06:06 AM 11/04/01 +1000, scouler wrote:
Hello Edwin,Mike and others,
According to HANZAB 1V, some adult Turquoise Parrots have a large bright
orange patch patch in the centre of the belly, extending in some cases
onto the breast, while on other birds the orange patch may be smaller or
duller or entirely absent. Interestingly, HANZAB notes that the orange
patch on wild females tends to be more extensive (like that on males)
than on captive females.
Regards,
Colin Scouler
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