Blue-collared parrot

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Geoffroyus simplex |volume=2016 |page=e.T22684948A93052161 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684948A93052161.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| name = Blue-collared parrot

| image = Geoffroyus simplex 2.jpg

| taxon = Geoffroyus simplex

| authority = (Meyer, 1874)

}}

The blue-collared parrot (Geoffroyus simplex) also known as simple parrot, lilac-collared song parrot, or lilac-collared Geoffroy's parrot, is a parrot found in the higher elevations of New Guinea. It is found from 500 to 2300 m, mainly between 800 and 1900 m (though food shortages will send them lower). It is 23–25 cm, mainly green with a black beak, yellow wing bend, blue underwing coverts, and a pale yellow iris. Adult males have a blue collar across upper breast to lower neck above the mantle, adult females have some blue on the rear crown. Juveniles have no blue and a paler bill. There are two subspecies:

• G. s. simplex: On Vogelkop. 23 cm
• G. s. buergersi: On rest of island. 25 cm, collar on males is duller but wider in back.

It inhabits humid hill forest and forest edges. Flocks are up to 200.