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Australian King Parrot

alisterus scapularis

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Male; strongly coloured bird, vermilion head chest, deep forest green wings with turquoise flashes midway, deep navy blue to black tail.
Female; green head and chest

Habitat:

Forest - Australia and nearby Pacific islands

Notes:

Love these birds. Even 'wild' ones can be bold enough to feed by hand with enough patience. Usually male comes first, calls with a single high sliding note, then female comes later. Colours are stronger around spring. Strongly paired. So many parrots around here.

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Comments (6)

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Next time, when they get together, film it. I think the community would like to hear the party noise and watch their funny behaviour :) :) :)
ok.... now what's these mission things about.... hmmmm?
You got it Chicquita. We often have white cockies, black cockies, crimson rosellas, eastern rosellas, galahs, swift parrots and rainbows lorikeets in our back yard in the same day. I think they swap notes. :>]
Normally the Rainbow Lorikeets and the Sulphur Crested Cockatoos aren't too far when you feeding these parrots :)
You should add this one to a mission too.

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