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Blue-winged Parrot
Neophema chrysostoma(Kuhl, 1820)
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- Order
- PSITTACIFORMES
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Neophema
At a glance
The Blue-winged Parrot is a medium-sized bird, about 21–24 cm long, listed as Least Concern and endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 21–24 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Blue-winged Parrot look like?
The Blue-winged Parrot is a medium-sized bird, about 21–24 cm long and weighing 33–58 g.
The blue-winged parrot, also known as the blue-banded parakeet or blue-banded grass-parakeet, is a small parrot found in Tasmania and southeast mainland Australia. It is partly migratory, with populations of blue-winged parrots travelling to Tasmania for the summer. The parrot is sexually dimorphic – the males have more blue on the wings and a two-toned blue frontal band on the head, while females are duller and have more green on the wings and a wingbar. Both sexes have predominantly olive-green plumage. Predominantly a feeder on the ground, the blue-winged parrot mainly eats seeds of grasses. It adapts readily to captivity.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Blue-winged Parrot?
The Blue-winged Parrot is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Blue-winged Parrot eat?
The Blue-winged Parrot feeds on seeds, usually foraging in pairs or flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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