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Mulga Parrot
Psephotellus varius(Clark, AH, 1910)
Endemic
- Order
- PSITTACIFORMES
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Psephotellus
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The mulga parrot is endemic to arid scrublands and lightly timbered grasslands in the interior of southern Australia. The male mulga parrot is multicolored, from which the older common name of many-coloured parrot is derived.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- West-central and south-west WA to south-central QLD and north-west VIC (south and central Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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