📸 PhotoPhoto: angela n. from Washington, DC · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Moluccan Eclectus
Eclectus roratus (Moluccan Eclectus · オオハナインコ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its mass of 600 g is the same weight as ten chicken eggs (about 60 g each) (Comparison).
- 💡 Kept and traded as a pet bird, the United States and many other countries import only captive-bred individuals to prevent released birds from spreading in the wild.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Moluccan eclectus is a tropical parrot with strikingly different male and female coloration, living in tall trees of dense forests near water or coasts.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Males and females are similar in size but differ in color: males are mostly green while females have brighter plumage. Chicks hatch covered in grey down and can be sexed once their feathers emerge, and the hooked upper bill extends farther than the lower bill.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
In the forest canopy it eats fruits, nuts, seeds, leaf buds, blossoms, and nectar. Unable to excavate her own nest, a female seeks out a tree hollow 14–22 m high and fights other birds to hold it, and one female may mate with multiple males.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2019) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155072212/155636053
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 155636053
- • wikidata.org — Q828544
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Eclectus roratus -National Zoo, Washington, USA -female
- • animaldiversity.org — Eclectus roratus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Hugo Gruson · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Agapornis roseicollis)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.