Australian Parrots, Lorikeets
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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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Mallee Ringneck
(Barnardius zonarius bernardi)
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The Mallee Ringneck is a medium sized parrot found in eucalypt woodlands and eucalypt-lined watercourses of in drier parts of northern Australia. It has green head and blue back with yellow ring on the neck. Click to continue>
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Port Lincoln Parrot
(Barnardius zonarius zonarius)
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The Port Lincoln Parrot is the only Australian parrot that is green with a black head. It has yellow on back of neck and some yellow on chest. The bill is pale colour. Immatures are duller with brown head. Click to continue>
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Twenty-eight Parrot
(Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
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Red-crowned Parakeet
(Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)
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Double-eyed Fig Parrot
(Cyclopsitta diophthalma)
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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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Little Lorikeet
(Glossopsitta pusilla)
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The Little Lorikeet is a small green lorikeet with black bill and red patch on forehead and throat.. The underside is yellow-green. Immatures are duller with less red on face and brown bill. Click to continue>
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Musk Lorikeet
(Glossopsitta concinna)
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The Musk Lorikeet is a medium-sized green lorikeet with a yellow patch at the side of the breast under the wing. It has a bright red forehead and red patch on side of face from eye to ear. The top of the head is pale blue. The bill is black tipped... Click to continue>
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Purple-crowned Lorikeet
(Glossopsitta porphyrocephala)
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The Purple-crowned Lorikeet is a small pale-green lorikeet with blue-breast, reddish yellow on forehead and side of face and dark purple crown. The bill is black. Immatures have no purple on crown Click to continue>
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Swift Parrot
(Lathamus discolor)
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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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Blue-winged Parrot
(Neophema chrysostoma)
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The Blue-winged Parrot has an olive-green head and upper body, with dark blue patch on wings. with yellow patch on face. The tail is green-blue, with yellow sides. The underparts are yellow with some orange-yellow on belly. The face has a yellow... Click to continue>
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Elegant Parrot
(Neophema elegans)
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Orange-bellied Parrot
(Neophema chrysogaster)
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The Orange-bellied Parrot male has bright green head, back and wings, with yellowish-green on throat and breast. The underside is yellow with bright orange patch. There is a blue band between the eyes, and bright blue on bend of the wing. The... Click to continue>
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Rock Parrot
(Neophema petrophila)
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Scarlet-chested Parrot
(Neophema splendida)
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The male Scarlet-chested Parrot is green above with bright blue head and bright scarlet chest with yellow underside. The female is green above and yellow underneath, with blue face and blue wings. (The female looks very similar to female... Click to continue>
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Turquoise Parrot
(Neophema pulchella)
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The male Turquoise Parrot is bright green above, with a turquoise blue crown and face. The wing has a blue band around the bend of the wing, and a brick-red shoulder patch. The underside is yellow. The female is duller with a white around the eye... 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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