Sunday, 4 March 2018

Blue-naped Parrot

Order - Psittaciformes
Family - Psittacidae (Parrots)
Blue-naped Parrot
Tanygnathus lucionensis
蓝颈鹦鹉 (lán jǐng yīngwǔ)

    Malay : Nuri-Kelapa Tengkuk Biru
    Japanese : コオオハナインコモドキ (ko ō hana inko modoki)
                    小大花鸚哥擬 (Kanji)



    Size : 31 cm; 148–231 g
    
    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
    – Luzon and Mindoro (N Philippines).
  • Tanygnathus lucionensis hybridus (Salomonsen, 1952)
    – Polillo (off E Luzon).
  • Tanygnathus lucionensis salvadorii (Ogilvie-Grant, 1896)
    – Philippines (except N), but may be rare or extinct on many islands; also on some small islands off NW & NE Borneo (Si Amil, Mantanani), where possibly introduced, especially on latter.
  • Tanygnathus lucionensis horrisonus (Bangs & J. L. Peters, 1927)
    – Maratua I, off E Borneo.
  • Tanygnathus lucionensis talautensis (A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895)
    – Talaud Is (S of Philippines); recorded in Sangihe Is, but probably an escape.
    Feral population (presumably race salvadorii) around Kota Kinabalu, W Sabah,
    in N Borneo.


Tanygnathus lucionensis ssp. salvadorii
Date : 02 March 2018
Location : First Beach Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah


Tanygnathus lucionensis ssp. salvadorii
Date : 02 March 2018
Location : First Beach Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Tanygnathus lucionensis ssp. salvadorii
Date : 02 March 2018
Location : First Beach Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Tanygnathus lucionensis ssp. salvadorii
Date : 02 March 2018
Location : First Beach Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Tanygnathus lucionensis ssp. salvadorii
Date : 02 March 2018
Location : First Beach Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah


Tanygnathus lucionensis ssp. salvadorii
Date : 26 February 2018
Location : First Beach Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Tanygnathus lucionensis ssp. salvadorii
Date : 26 February 2018
Location : First Beach Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

1 comment:

  1. Dear Zhongying Koay,
    I would like to ask permission to use one of your images of the Blue-naped Parrot from Sabah in short lecture (using powerpoint) about the natural history and conservation of this species. If permitted, image will be duly cited and acknowledged. JC Gonzalez (jctgonzalez@gmail.com)

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