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Turquoise Parrot

Neophema pulchella

Photo by CataAna
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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful little parrots. The male with beautiful bright plumage and the female mostly grey.
Saw a few of these in Roam QLD, all in pairs of two.

Species ID Suggestions

TURQUOISE PARROT

NEOPHEMA PULCHELLA

Red-rumped Parrot

Psephotus haematonotus

Comments (6)

Don't be apologetic Steven, I've never seen either and just went with what I could find on the web. CataAna may need to do a bit more research.
Hate to say this but the parrot more closely resembles a red rumped parrot. Mainly due to the red rump and the lack of red on the upper wing coverts (which is present in male turquoise parrots).
So colorful these guys, thanks for the explanation :-)
Marta, they are "Grass parrots" or "Grass parakeets", which is the broad term for all Neophema parrots. The are closely related to Budgies, but as far as I know they are not particularly closely related to the Rosellas. In Tasmania, we have Neophema chrysogaster, the Orange-bellied Parrot, of which fewer than 50 survive in the wild.
Are these beauties related to Rosellas?

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