Modest Tiger Parrot
Also known as:
Modest Ground Parrot, Barred Little Parrot
Also known as:
Modest Ground Parrot, Barred Little Parrot
Size:
14 cm (5.5 in)
Weight:
42 g (1.5 oz)
Subspecies including nominate:
three: P.m. modesta, P.m. collarius, P.m. subcollaris
Colour Adult:
P.m. modesta: Male-dark brown forehead, lores and crown; dull olive/yellow nape and hindneck, the feathers margined with brown; olive/brown head, turning paler on throat and breast; red undertail coverts; green upperparts, the feathers finely edged with black; green uppertail. Beak blue/grey tipped with white. Eye orange. Female-brown head; orange breast, the feathers widely margined dark brown; yellow and green/brown barring on sides of abdomen.
P.m. collaris: Male-as in modesta, but has irregular yellow collar below brown on hindneck; red/brown tinge on throat and sides of head. Female-as in modesta, but with faint yellow markings on hindneck.
P.m. subcollaris: Male-as in collaris, but with thinner, brighter yellow collar on hindneck; darker brown head; darker green upperparts. Female–as in modesta, but darker brown head; some birds have faint yellow collar on hindneck.
Colour Juvenile:
P.m. modesta: As in adult female.
P.m. collaris: As in adult female.
P.m. subcollaris: As in adult female.
Call:
Calls are described as soft and plaintive peeps.
More Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
xeno-canto Modest Tiger Parrot, Aberg, Patrik, XC40387
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Captive Status:
—
Longevity:
—
Housing:
—
Diet:
—
Enrichment:
—
Nest Box Size:
—
Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
—
Hatch Weight:
—
Peak Weight:
—
Weaning Weight:
—
World Population:
Unknown, reported as locally common. Decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
Not globally threatened. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Locally common but very shy and quiet. Is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 1.6% within its range over the past 10 years. Therefore it is tentatively suspected that this may have led to a population decline of 1-19% over the same period.
Range:
P.m. modesta: Mountains of Vogelkop, West Papua.
P.m. collaris: Southern slopes of Snow Mountains, West Papua.
P.m. subcollaris: Northern slopes of Snow Mountains, West Papua, east to longitude 145 deg E in C Papua New Guinea.
Habitat:
Found from 1700-2800 m (5576-9184 ft) in montane rainforest, moss forest, forest edge and secondary growth forest.
Wild Diet:
Diet includes seeds, hard berries and small fruits.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Is a quiet bird found singly or in pairs, creeping slowly through the mid or lower storey forest. Is fairly approachable in the wild, only flying a short distance away when disturbed. Resident.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
June.
Related Links:
—
