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MULGA PARROT FACTS |
Description
Male Mulga Parrots are brilliant green with paler green coloring on their lower breast. The underside is yellow with orange-red markings on belly and thighs. The males have a red patch on neck and yellow forehead. Females are olive green with a brownish-green breast and green underside. They have a dull red patch on their neck and the forehead is orange-yellow. Immature Mulga Parrots are similar to adults but duller colours.
Size
27cm
Habitat
mulga scrubland, saltbush plains with trees, treed river banks
Food
grass seeds, plants, and other plant seeds, berries, fruits, and green vegetable
Breeding
Four to five white eggs are laid on decayed debris in a tree hollow. Nest may be near ground in a low tree, or taller tree near water course.
Range
interior of southern Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Psittaciformes | | Family: | Psittacidae | | Genus: | Psephotus | | Species: | varius | | Common Name: | Mulga Parrot |
Relatives in same Genus
Golden-shouldered Parrot (P. chrysopterygius)
Hooded Parrot (P. dissimilis)
Red-rumped Parrot (P. haematonotus)
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