Red Eclectus Parrot Bird Drawing Kids T-Shirts

Vibrant red Eclectus parrot sketch with intricate details capturing the beauty of this magnificent bird. Perfect for bird lovers and nature enthusiasts.

Her cobalt blue mascara never runs! Quiet as her mate is noisy, this female Eclectus Parrot surprised me even further by choosing to perch uncharacteristically close to my lens.

Eclectus parrots are unique and beautiful. With their wildly colourful differences, the male and female Eclectus look so different from each other that they were mistaken for different species for the longest time! Red and blue for the feisty females and a rainbow of green, blue and red on the mellow males, Eclectus are well-known for being lovely birds with lovely personalities -- but of course, like all large parrots, they need much love and attention to truly shine! Bring home some of that colour and attract some attention for yourself with this charming pair!

The eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus) is a parrot native to the Solomon Islands, Sumba, New Guinea and nearby islands, northeastern Australia, and the Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is unusual in the parrot family for its extreme sexual dimorphism of the colours of the plumage; the male having a mostly bright emerald green plumage and the female a mostly bright red and purple/blue plumage. Joseph Forshaw, in his book Parrots of the World, noted that the first European ornithologists to see eclectus parrots thought they were of two distinct species. Large populations of this parrot remain, and they are sometimes considered pests for eating fruit off trees. Some populations restricted to relatively small islands are comparably rare. Their ...

cute colorful little chubby bird

Male Eclectus Parrot (eclectus roratus macgillivrayi) perching in a tree. From the northern part of Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Also other subspecies in New Guinea and other islands. The diet of the eclectus is mainly fruits, unripe nuts, flower and leaf buds, and some seeds. This one was photographed in the walk-in aviary at Kuranda, Queensland. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it.)

Male Eclectus Parrot (eclectus roratus macgillivrayi) perching in a tree. From the northern part of Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Also other subspecies in New Guinea and other islands. The diet of the eclectus is mainly fruits, unripe nuts, flower and leaf buds, and some seeds. This one was photographed in the walk-in aviary at Kuranda, Queensland. Canon 450D, zoom lens. (Featured in A Photographers Craft, & Other Groups.)

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Colorful parrot in flight!

The blue and gold macaw mixed with a steampunk style.