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The Rennell parrot (''Geoffroyus hyacinthinus'') is an island species of parrot, found on
Rennell Island Rennell Island, locally known as Mugaba, is the main island of two inhabited islands that make up the Rennell and Bellona Province in the nation state of Solomon Islands. Rennell Island has a land area of that is about long and wide. It is th ...
in the Solomons. It is normally considered a subspecies of the song parrot (''Geoffroyus heteroclitus'') but differs from it in its larger size, its blue collar being more lavender in colour and extending to the breast, and a more strongly grey-blue tone to the female's head. Population size is estimated at 5,000–20,000 individuals. Although only present in a small range, it is not currently considered threatened.


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