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Pesquet's parrot en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Psittrichas fulgidus, a species of parrot found in New Guinea which has black and red plumage.
   • Pesquet's Parrot
   • Missing were four eclectus parrots—the male is bright green, the female brigh red—and five Pesquet's parrots which have spectacular red and black plumage, much coveted for tribal head-dresses. 1973, Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM:
   • Among the many significant hatchings to rare and endangered species were those of pink pigeons, Malayan wreathed hornbills, Pesquet's parrots, white-naped cranes, hooded cranes, Congo peacocks, and Malayan peacock pheasants. 1980, New York Zoological Society, Annual Report:

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Synonyms

vulturine parrot

Translations (1)

de Borstenkopf (parrot)