Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)

About Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Parrots
• Family: New World Parrots

The blue-rumped parrot is a parrot found in the very southern tip of Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands. It is a small parrot (18 cm) and is primarily green with bright red underwing coverts, a reddish shoulder patch, and yellowish margins on the wing coverts. It is sexually dimorphic. The female has a grey-brown head. The male has a black mantle, red upper mandible, and blue head and rump.