Talk:Moluccan eclectus

Cleanup needed

This article strays dangerously into how-to territory. Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I removed the does not cite refrences tag to enhance readibility. It was formatted really poorly with the tag included. Peregrinebee 21:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 20:43, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Can someone do something about the "candy corn" refrence; its not the best way to describe a colour. Not everyone is going to be familiar with the colour of candy corn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.240.162.169 (talk) 02:05, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

How's 'reddish-orange, yellow-tipped' suit you as a description for the beak colour? --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 19:33, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Origin of the name.

There was an opinion expressed in a birdbook whose name I can no longer recall that the reason for the name "Eclectus" was not so much the extreme difference in colour between the male and the female, but that the colours were the "wrong way around". A glance at most sexually dimorphic birds (and the Australian_King_Parrot is an excellent example), shows that usually the male is red (or at least brightly coloured) and the female is green. Old_Wombat (talk) 09:48, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Image of dubious subspecies

It may not be accurate today (which should be explained in the caption), but it has historical significance and is quite interesting. FunkMonk (talk) 15:58, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Seems like the article was wrong, and there is no consensus on its validity. FunkMonk (talk) 00:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Behavioral Ecology on Eclectus Parrot

The article for the Eclectus Parrot is, for the most part, well done. The body of the article delves into the specie’s taxonomy and morphology, including its very distinct sexual dimorphism. The article also lists the various subspecies and discusses those of which are “dubiously” members of the species. The breeding practices and parental characteristics of the Eclectus Parrot are also described in a decent amount of detail. However, this section has many grammatical errors and at times is difficult to read. Furthermore, this section, like most others in the article, lacks proper citation, often making unsupported claims as to the reasoning behind certain behaviors. Finally, as mentioned under the Talk tab, the article seems to almost be a how-to description of raising and caring for the Eclectus Parrot. Many of the article’s sub-sections, including the Aviculture, Breeding and Diet sections, seem directed more towards how owners should interact with their pets or how these birds tend to behave in a domestic environment. This perhaps explains some of the more unconventional facts listed, such as how apparently wild females become rather possessive of cupboards. The History tab indicates that most of the corrections have been additions to seemingly first-person observations of the parrots’ behaviors in captivity, or additions and refutations of different included sub-species and photos thereof. However, the inclusion of the Aviculture section is important to the overall article as the species is widely placed in captivity. This article is in need of editing and fact checking, but is not a stub.

-cobiorower

Hi how do we cut the wings so that he don't fly away

FransinaM (talk) 10:52, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

"... It is unusual in the parrot family for its extreme sexual dimorphism of the colours of the plumage ...

This is demonstrably untrue. Extreme sexual dimorphism in colour in parrots is quite common. Only have to look at Red-rumped_Parrot or any of the other Psephotus parrots. And that's just Australian parrots. 124.179.37.42 (talk) 07:50, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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We need to make sure that the photos are all Moluccan eclectus

Some were added back when this article was about all eclectus parrots, not just the Moluccan eclectus. I have removed two which I think were Papuan eclectus, including the one in the taxobox, which had a male and female. I also removed the egg, as I have no idea which eclectus species it is.

As for the remaining photos, I think they're all Moluccan eclectus. Grey Clownfish (talk) 10:38, 25 October 2024 (UTC)