Australian Parrots
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FAMILY : Parrots, Lorikeets
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King Parrot
(Alisterus scapularis) |
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The male King Parrot is a beautiful rainforest bird with red and green feathers and blue on the wing coverts. The female has green head and red underside. Immatures have green heads and for a period the males have mixture of red and green feathers... Click to continue> |
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Red-winged Parrot
(Aprosmictus erythropterus) |
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The Red-winged Parrot is a green parrot with large red shoulder patches. It is seen in pairs or small flocks in open woodland areas. Click to continue> |
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Cloncurry Parrot
(Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi) |
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The Cloncurry Parrot is a subspecies of the Australian Ringneck. It is mainly on the back, wings and tail. The head has green top and some turquoise on the face. It has a yellow ring on back of the neck similar to other subspecies. The chest is... Click to continue> |
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Mallee Ringneck
(Barnardius zonarius bernardi) |
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The Mallee Ringneck is a medium sized greenish . Like the other ringneck subspecies it has a distinctive yellow neck band. It has green head with reddish band across front of the head above the bill. The back is blue, with blue and green wings. The... Click to continue> |
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Port Lincoln Parrot
(Barnardius zonarius zonarius) |
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The Port Lincoln Parrot is one of the four subspecies of the Australian Ringneck parrot. It is mainly green with a black head. It has yellow on back of neck and yellow on underside. The bill is pale colour. Immature birds are duller with brown head.... Click to continue> |
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Twenty-eight Parrot
(Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus) |
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The Twenty-eight Parrot is a green-headed subspecies of the Australian Ringneck. It is greenish bird with black head and a red patch on the front of the head juts above the bill. It has yellow ring on the back of the neck. The underside is green.... Click to continue> |
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Norfolk Island Parakeet
(Cyanoramphus cookii) |
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The Norfolk Island Parakeet is endemic to Norfolk Island. The adult bird is bright green with paler yellowish green underside. The top of the head is red, with red eye stripe. The outer part of the wing feathers is blue. There is a red patch on... Click to continue> |
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Red-crowned Parakeet
(Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) |
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The Red-crowned Parakeet (Macquarie Island) is an extinct subspecies of the Red-crowned Parakeet. It was endemic to Macquarie Island and last seen in 1890. Other subspecies still exist on New Zealand and other islands of the south west Pacific. It... Click to continue> |
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Eclectus Parrot
(Eclectus roratus) |
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The Eclectus Parrot is a brightly coloured parrot from the rainforest of Queensland. The sexes are completely different colours. The male is bright green with a large orange bill, and the female is deep red with black bill. Click to continue> |
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Red-cheeked Parrot
(Geoffroyus geoffroyi) |
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Budgerigar
(Melopsittacus undulatus) |
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Budgerigars are small green and yellow parrots, with black barring above, and a small patch of blue on the cheek. The eye is white or yellow. The male has a dark blue cere (skin at the base of the bill around the nostrils). The female has light blue... Click to continue> |
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Bourke's Parrot
(Neopsephotus bourkii) |
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Bourke's Parrot is a small Grass Parrot. The male has pink chest and blue markings on face and on the bend of the wing. The female is similar in colour but has less pink and no blue markings. Click to continue> |
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Blue Bonnet
(Northiella haematogaster) |
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The Blue Bonnet is a grey-brown parrot with blue face and throat (It does not have blue on top of the head as the name suggests). The wings arte yellow, red and blue. There are three different races with different wing colours (combinations of red,... Click to continue> |
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Cockatiel
(Nymphicus hollandicus) |
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The Cockatiel is a small grey parrot with dainty crest. Orange cheek spot. Aviary bred specimens come in different colours and patterns from all white to all grey. Click to continue> |
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Ground Parrot
(Pezoporus wallicus) |
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Princess Parrot
(Polytelis alexandrae) |
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The Princess Parrot is a beautiful slender parrot with soft delicate colours. It is mainly olive green with pale blue on top of head, pink throat, lime green shoulders, pale blue rump. The female is duller with shorter tail. Click to continue> |
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Regent Parrot
(Polytelis anthopeplus) |
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A large, slim parrot with a long, dusky tapering tail and back-swept wings. Males are mostly yellow, with blue-black wings and tail. There is a prominent yellow shoulder patch and red patches in the wings which show up against the dark wings in... Click to continue> |
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Superb Parrot
(Polytelis swainsonii) |
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The Superb Parrot is an elegant long-tailed parrot. The male has a yellow throat. The female is more plain green Click to continue> |
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Golden-shouldered Parrot
(Psephotus chrysopterygius) |
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Hooded Parrot
(Psephotus dissimilis) |
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Mulga Parrot
(Psephotus varius) |
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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... Click to continue> |
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Red-rumped Parrot
(Psephotus haematonotus) |
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The Red-rumped Parrot is a medium-sized greenish parrot. the male has a blue-green head, a red rump, with yellow underside. The female is a duller, olive-green, with a green rump and lighter underside. Click to continue> |
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Red-capped Parrot
(Purpureicephalus spurius) |
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The male Red-capped Parrot is dark green with red cap on head, lime green cheeks and rump, pale purple chest, with red under the tail. The female is duller with greyish mauve underside, and may have some green on crown. Immatures are similar to... Click to continue> |
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