What is the plural for Eclectus?

[Windinherhair]

I always get passed it by saying "Eclectus Parrots".

[jordynn]

me too :D sorry i'm no help

[catschair]

Well, if the word is from Latin, the plural would be Eclecti, but somehow I don't think that will ever catch on

[LouieBird]

It isn't Latin so that would make it Eclectuses if using Anglicized plurals? But that sounds too wierd.

[jimpierce7]

what the old hyphen (?) Eclectus' is that how they do that?

Who am I kidding, I sucked in English. lol

[guest1717171]

everything i found online says eclectus parrots

except on wikipedia and it basically reiterated what louiebird said

[KrytterKrys]

i think it might be like moose, where it's the same word for singular or plural, so eclectus would still be eclectus...

[GoldenPhoenix]

thats what i think too
like tou can say i have 2 eclectus
or 2 eclecti
or 2 eclectus parrots, you can decide foryour self
but i would say eclecti sounds like a bacteria or somthing

[KrytterKrys]

lol right or a type of cactus

[Windinherhair]

[B]Coincidentally, I have just found a similar post in Wikipedia!:

July 4

[edit] What is the correct plural form of 'Eclectus'?
Eclectuses? Eclecti? Eclectus? Something else entirely? Any ideas? --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 00:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Since the word doesn't exist in classical Latin, I assume that the species name was coined as a second declension noun (like Tyrannosaurus, etc.), in which case the Latinate plural would be eclecti. I, however, tend to prefer Anglicized plurals for such names when treated as English common nouns—eclecticuses eclectuses in this instance. But what's the problem with eclecticus eclectus parrots, which would be my first choice? Deor (talk) 01:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Wouldn't that be "eclectuses", not "eclecticuses", Deor? -- JackofOz (talk) 04:15, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Oops, I was getting sleepy. Thanks, Jack. Deor (talk) 12:15, 4 July 2008 (UTC)