Pesquet's parrot

Pesquet's parrot (plural Pesquet's parrots)

1. Psittrichas fulgidus, a species of parrot found in New Guinea which has black and red plumage.

   Synonym: vulturine parrot

   Pesquet's Parrot

   • 1973, Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM:

     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.

   • 1980, New York Zoological Society, Annual Report:

     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.