Loriculus siquijorensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere
Exped. (1890), 6; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20,
526; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 50.
Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino).
Adult male.--Forehead bright scarlet, ending sharply against the
green of crown; no yellow on the head and no yellow neck-band; rump
and upper tail-coverts dark poppy-red; red throat-patch small; all
rectrices, except central pair, tipped with light blue. Length, 165;
wing, 100; tail, 55; culmen from base, 16; tarsus, 11.
Female.--Similar to the male; red spot on forehead smaller and sides
of forehead, lores, cheeks, chin, and upper throat sky-blue; no red on
the breast. "Eyes brown; feet yellow; nails black." (Celestino.) Wing,
100; tail, 55; culmen from base, 14; tarsus, 12.
Young birds resemble the adult female but the red of forehead is much
reduced and the red breast-patch is wanting in very young males.
"The Siquijor colasisi is a well-marked species which seems to be
strictly confined to the little island of Siquijor. There is but little
forest on this island, and L. siquijorensis is found in the coconut
groves, fruit trees, and bamboo clumps. It is sharply distinct from
L. chrysonotus and L. regulus, and more resembles L. apicalis. The
female shows more blue about the head than does that of any other
Philippine species, having the cheeks, lores, a line over the eye,
and entire throat heavily washed with the color.
"Measurements of two males: Wing, 94; tail, 46; culmen, 14; tarsus,
11; middle toe with claw, 18. Six females: Length, 162; wing, 98;
tail, 52; culmen, 13; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 20. Bill
scarlet to orange; legs and feet pale yellow to orange, nails nearly
black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)