Physical Examination
Contour feathers on the body have dark tips. The bird is starting to have pin feathers on its head and body suggesting it is beginning to moult. The beak is normal length for an eclectus male. Yellow feathers have replaced green feathers on neck. You explain to the owner that yellow plus blue equals a green feather, and that the blue colour is lost to feathers when they are damaged, so without the blue colour the feathers appear yellow.