Tanimbar eclectus

{{Short description|Species of parrot}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = EclectusRiedeliSmit.jpg

| image_caption = 1883 illustration by Joseph Smit

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2019 |title=Eclectus riedeli |volume=2019 |page=e.T155073764A155087808 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155073764/155087808|access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Eclectus

| species = riedeli

| authority = Meyer, AB, 1882

}}

The Tanimbar eclectus,{{cite book |last=Steadman |first=David William |year=2006 |title=Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds |publisher=University of Chicago Press |page=525 |isbn=0-226-77142-3}} or Riedel's eclectus{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Graham |title=Tanimbar Island Eclectus (Eclectus roratus riedeli) |date=12 May 2015 |url=https://eclectus-parrots.com/subspecies-info-tanimbar-island-eclectus/ |access-date=5 February 2023}} (Eclectus riedeli) is a parrot species which is native to the Tanimbar Islands. It is smaller than the Moluccan eclectus. The male has a more bluish tinge to its green cheeks and neck, and its tail is edged with a broad band of yellow. The female has an all red plumage, except for royal blue primaries, yellow under-tail coverts and a broad band of yellow to edge the tail.{{cite book| author=Forshaw, Joseph M.| author-link=Joseph Forshaw| author2=Cooper, William T.| name-list-style=amp|year=1978| title=Parrots of the World| edition=2nd|publisher=Landsdowne Editions| location=Melbourne| isbn=0-7018-0690-7|pages=202–07}}