Latest and greatest on August 1st, 2011 the kids and I ventured off to Pasadena to pick up a beautiful and a little unsure of herself eclectus parrot called Princess . She is a little shy right now but with time and alot of love we are sure she will be happy here in her new home She likes to whisle and makes kissy noise. . We will also be helping her to stop her feather plucking.
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. It is said 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 bright feathers are also used by native tribes people in New Guinea as decorations. wikipedia.org
