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SUPERB PARROT FACTS |
Description
The Superb Parrot is an elegant long-tailed parrot. The male has a yellow throat. The female is more plain green
Size
40cm
Habitat
inland forests and woodlands, pastures
Food
seeds, fruit, berries, nectar, flowers and insects.
Breeding
nest in deep hollows or hollow limbs in large trees along watercourses. Lays 3-6 eggs in wood dust at the bottom of the hollow
Range
south-eastern Australia. It is found in the Riverina area of New South Wales and Victoria, and, in winter, in northern New South Wales.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Conservation Status
The conservation status in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals is "vulnerable".
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Psittaciformes | | Family: | Psittacidae | | Genus: | Polytelis | | Species: | swainsonii | | Common Name: | Superb Parrot |
Relatives in same Genus
Princess Parrot (P. alexandrae)
Regent Parrot (P. anthopeplus)
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