Pygmy parrot


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(Zool.) any one of several species of very small green parrots (Nasiternæ), native of New Guinea and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.

See also: Pygmy

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots.
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5 A BBC expedition team filming for which wildlife series within the Mount Bosavi crater in Papua New Guinea caught on camera a number new exotic species including the Buff-faced pygmy parrot? 6 The animation directors of which studios won the Venice Film Festival's lifetime achievement award - the first team to be given the honour?
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According to a report by BBC News, an expedition team filming in Papua New Guinea for the BBC programme 'Lost Land of the Volcano' caught two of the buff-faced pygmy parrots on camera.
On average, buff-faced pygmy parrots (Micropsitta pusio) stand less than 9cm tall and weigh 11.5g (0.41oz).
Elsewhere, New Guinea's pygmy parrots get the thumbs-up from Springwatch cameraman Gordon Buchanan.
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