El Salvador field notes, v4515
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59 feeding in a low tree near the mango tree. I shot one which squawked much, and acted as a decoy for the flying flock of which Dad got three. They are about the size of a Pigeon and all Green. They were feeding on a sort of seed kernel. They were everlastingly noisy as are all the Parrot tribe - Falcon or I got another male to go in by calling him and watching where he lit. They sit so very still that they are hard to see. The bird had been eating fruit. The flight was not duck-like but more of a somersaulted flight. They have quite curved bill-tips. This bird was not as active sexually as the others. There in this spot I first saw the bird and thought it an out of the Scott type. I believe the bird are either local and not coming far away.