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Eclectus Parrot, male - Edelpapegaai - Eclectus roratus
Edelpapegaai
Eclectus roratus
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1674
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17/07/2011
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Eclectus parrot shows one the more spectacular forms of sexual dimorfism in the world of parrots: the male's body is almost entirely green, while the female is red and purple-blue. It was for long thought in science that the male and the female were different species.
The bird on this picture is the male.
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