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... Read more >
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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. Read more >
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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. Read more >
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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. Read more >
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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. Read more >
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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... Read more >
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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 Read more >
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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... Read more >
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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... Read more >
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Bourke's Parrot
(Neophema 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. Read more >
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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... Read more >
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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... Read more >
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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,... Read more >
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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. Read more >
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Crimson Rosella
(Platycercus elegans)
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The Crimson Rosella has distinctive crimson and blue plumage. Juveniles have green on their backs and wings. Crimson Rosellas are normally seen in small flocks
In southern and eastern Australia the red plumage can be completely replaced... Read more >
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Eastern Rosella
(Platycercus eximius)
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The Eastern Rosella has a red head, neck and breast, with yellowish to greenish upper parts and distinctive white cheek patches. Read more >
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Pale-headed Rosella
(Platycercus adscitus)
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The Pale-headed Rosella is a broad-tailed parrot, with a pale head and white cheek patches. The underside is mainly blue, with red under the tail. The back is yellow with dark flecks. The female is similar but less brightly coloured. Read more >
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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. Read more >
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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 Read more >
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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... Read more >
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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. Read more >
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Varied Lorikeet
(Psitteuteles versicolor)
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The Varied Lorikeet is a small pale green parrot. It is the only one with a red cap and white rings round the eyes. It has a lime green ear patch, blue around the neck and pink on chest. The female is duller with olive green cap. Read more >
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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... Read more >
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Rainbow Lorikeet
(Trichoglossus haematodus)
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The Rainbow Lorikeet is a brightly coloured parrot. Flies fast with rapid wing beats. Lorikeets are often seen in large flocks. Often these flocks are very noisy around sunset as they screech and fly around before roosting. They usually roost in... Read more >
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Red-collared Lorikeet
(Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis)
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The Red-collared Lorikeet is similar in appearance to the Rainbow Lorikeet, but it has an orange/red collar round the neck. Read more >
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Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
(Trichoglossus clorolepidotus)
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The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is green with yellow "scales" on chest. It is smaller than the Rainbow Lorikeet. The two species are sometimes seen together. Read more >
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