If the green parrots Leguat referred to were not the Rodrigues parrot ("Necropsittacus rodericanus"), they might perhaps have been a green colour morph of Newton's parakeet, as Hume has suggested. As A. Newton observed in his original description, some feathers of the female specimen display both blue and green tinges, depending on the light. This may explain some of the discrepancies. The green parrots mentioned could also instead have been storm-blown members of "Psittacula" species from other islands, that survived on Rodrigues for a short time.