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title: "Papuan Eclectus"
description: "Eclectus polychloros — Ptaki. The Papuan eclectus, red-sided eclectus, or New Guinea eclectus (Eclectus polychloros) is a parrot species which is native to New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/papuan-eclectus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Papuan Eclectus

> Eclectus polychloros — Ptaki. The Papuan eclectus, red-sided eclectus, or New Guinea eclectus (Eclectus polychloros) is a parrot species which is native to New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Eclectus polychloros*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 911
- iNaturalist taxon: [1506168](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1506168)

## Names

- en: Papuan Eclectus
- de: Neuguinea-Edelpapagei
- es: Loro ecléctico de Nueva Guinea
- fr: Éclectus papou

## Countries with the most observations

ID (260), AU (138), PG (118), SB (6), SG (5)

## Summary

The Papuan eclectus, red-sided eclectus, or New Guinea eclectus (Eclectus polychloros) is a parrot species which is native to New Guinea. Larger than the Moluccan eclectus, the green plumage of the male only has a slight yellow tinge and the tail is tipped with a half-inch yellow band. The central tail feathers are green and lateral ones blue and green. It is widely distributed from Kai Islands and western islands of the West Papua province in the west, across the island of New Guinea to the Trobriands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands to the east, and south…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papuan_eclectus

## Photo

![Papuan Eclectus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/papuan-eclectus/medium.jpg)

Photo: neotrigonia · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189324925

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/papuan-eclectus?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).