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The Australian king parrot (Alisterus scapularis) is a species of parrot endemic to eastern Australia ranging from Cooktown in Queensland to Port Campbell in Victoria.Found in humid and heavily forested upland regions of the eastern portion of the continent, including eucalyptus wooded areas in and directly adjacent to subtropical and temperate rainforest.
The eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius) is a parrot native and endemic to south-eastern Australia.It was first introduced to New Zealand in cages, which then both intentionally released and accidentally escaped into the wild [2] and has been found establishing mainly in the North Island [3] (notably in the northern half of the island, Taranaki, Waikato and in the Hutt Valley) and in the ...
Earlier ornithologists felt that the kākāpō might be related to the ground parrots and night parrot of Australia due to their similar colouration, but this is contradicted by molecular studies; [25] rather, the cryptic colour seems to be adaptation to terrestrial habits that evolved twice convergently. [26]
These colourful parrots from Australia are in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed", [3] reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad-tailed parrot tribe. Their diet is mainly seeds and fruit.
In their natural Australian habitat, budgerigars are noticeably smaller than those in captivity. [23] This particular parrot species has been bred in many other colours and shades in captivity (e.g. blue, grey, grey-green, pieds, violet, white, yellow-blue). Pet store individuals will commonly be blue, green, or yellow.
The Australian ringneck (Barnardius zonarius) is a parrot native to Australia.Except for extreme tropical and highland areas, the species has adapted to all conditions. . Treatments of genus Barnardius have previously recognised two species, the Port Lincoln parrot (Barnardius zonarius) and the mallee ringneck (Barnardius barnardi), [2] but due to these readily interbreeding at the contact ...
The detailed descriptions of their sighting were accepted by the Birds Australia Rarities Committee (BARC), making it the first accepted night parrot sighting in modern times. Based on this acceptance by scientific peers, a paper describing the sighting was published in the Australian ornithological journal, Emu , in 2008.
The crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans) is a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island.It is commonly found in, but not restricted to, mountain forests and gardens.