Due to deforestation and habitat loss, the eclectus parrot population is decreasing. Using the eclectus parrot’s scientific name, Eclectus roratus, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species notes ...

Eclectus parrots (Eclectus roratus) exhibit a form of reversed sexual dichromatism (plumage coloration) not found in other birds. The females are a striking vermilion and blue, whereas the males are ...

Eclectus roratus lives in Australia and on neighbouring islands. Females make nests in the hollows of trees, where they can flood in heavy rain.

With the males out of the picture, faster-growing female chicks have a much better chance of surviving adverse conditions. A team of researchers from the Australian National University in Canberra has ...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the infraorbital sinus was diagnosed in a 5-year-old Solomon Island eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus solomonensis) that presented with exophthalmos of the right globe and ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The males are green. The females are brilliant red and blue. Now the puzzle of the unique colour scheme of the Australian eclectus ...

NATIVE TO THE rainforests of the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the north-eastern tip of Australia, the eclectus parrot’s most distinctive feature is its extreme sexual dimorphism – the ...