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Geoffroyus geoffroyi (Red-cheeked Parrot)

Synonyms: Psittacus geoffroyi (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-cheeked parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the tip of northern Australia. There are 17 subspecies currently recognized. It is a stocky short-tailed parrot with predominantly green plumage. It exhibits sexual dimorphism; the adult male has red cheeks and a mauve nape and top of head, while the female is duller with a brown head.
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Infraspecies

Geoffroyus geoffroyi aruensis (Southern red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi cyanicarpus (Rossel Island red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi cyanicollis (Moluccan red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi explorator
Geoffroyus geoffroyi floresianus (Western red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi geoffroyi (Red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi jobiensis
Geoffroyus geoffroyi keyensis (Kai Island red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi maclennani
Geoffroyus geoffroyi minor (Northern red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi mysorensis
Geoffroyus geoffroyi mysoriensis (Biak Island red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi obiensis (Obi red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi orientalis
Geoffroyus geoffroyi pucherani (Papuan red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops (Seram red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi sudestiensis (Tagula red-cheeked parrot)
Geoffroyus geoffroyi timorlaoensis (Tanimbar red-cheeked parrot)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.77528
EDGE Score: 1.75359
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  141 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  30 %
Diet - Plants [2]  40 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  60 %
Clutch Size [1]  3
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (21 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Riverland Biosphere Reserve Ia 1490891 South Australia, Australia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

Prey / Diet

Antidesma ghaesembilla[3]
Ganophyllum falcatum (scaly ash)[3]
Gymnostoma papuanum[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Ducula spilorrhoa (Torresian Imperial-pigeon)1
Lorius hypoinochrous (Purple-bellied Lory)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cardiofilaria dubia <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0