| Papuan eclectus | |
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| Female | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Genus: | Eclectus |
| Species: | E. polychloros
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| Binomial name | |
| Eclectus polychloros (Scopoli, 1786)
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The Papuan eclectus,[2] red-sided eclectus, or New Guinea eclectus[3] (Eclectus polychloros) is a parrot species which is native to New Guinea. Larger than the Moluccan eclectus, the green plumage of the male only has a slight yellow tinge and the tail is tipped with a half-inch yellow band. The central tail feathers are green and lateral ones blue and green. It is widely distributed from Kai Islands and western islands of the West Papua province in the west, across the island of New Guinea to the Trobriands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands to the east, and south to the northern Cape York Peninsula of Australia. It has also been introduced to the Goram Islands, Indonesia.[4]
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Eclectus polychloros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T155073767A155087778. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Steadman, David William (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. University of Chicago Press. p. 525. ISBN 0-226-77142-3.
- ^ Taylor, Graham. "New Guinea eclectus". Subspecies info. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ Forshaw, Joseph M. & Cooper, William T. (1978). Parrots of the World (2nd ed.). Melbourne, AU: Landsdowne Editions. pp. 202–207. ISBN 0-7018-0690-7.