Night Parrot
Photo · Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)

BirdUp · Species

Night Parrot

Pezoporus occidentalis(Gould, 1861)

Critically EndangeredEndemic
Order
PSITTACIFORMES
Conservation
Critically Endangered
Commonness
Rare
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The night parrot is a small parrot endemic to the continent of Australia. It has also been known as porcupine parrot, nocturnal ground parakeet, midnight cockatoo, solitaire, spinifex parrot and night parakeet. It is one of the most elusive and mysterious birds in the world, with no confirmed sightings of the bird between 1912 and 1979, leading to speculation that it was extinct. Sightings since 1979 have been extremely rare and the bird's population size is unknown, though based on the paucity of records it is thought to number between 50 and 249 mature individuals, and it is classified by the IUCN as a critically endangered species.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
South-west QLD (at least; central Australia)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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