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Ground Parrot
Pezoporus wallicus(Kerr, 1792)
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- Order
- PSITTACIFORMES
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Pezoporus
At a glance
The Ground Parrot is a medium-sized bird, about 30 cm long, listed as Least Concern and endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 30 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Ground Parrot look like?
The Ground Parrot is a medium-sized bird, about 30 cm long and weighing 59–101 g.
The ground parrot is a parrot endemic to Australia. It is one of only four ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being the closely related night parrot, the Antipodes parakeet, and the flightless kākāpō from New Zealand.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Ground Parrot?
The Ground 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 Ground Parrot eat?
The Ground Parrot feeds on seeds, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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