Red-winged Parrot
OccasionalGBIF 17.5·Dongniao Rarity Index8.89
英文名：Red-winged Parrot（学名：Aprosmictus erythropterus），是鹦形目长尾鹦鹉科红翅鹦鹉属的鸟类。原生于澳大利亚和新几内亚的美丽鹦鹉。以鲜艳的红肩和绿色身体著称，雄鸟拥有黑色背部，雌鸟则颜色较为暗淡。这种鹦鹉广泛分布于多种生境，包括草地、草原、农田和林地。
Red-winged Parrot
30-33 cm. Male: bright, 'fluorescent', green with scarlet shoulder; black mantle; blue lower back, tail green, square, tipped yellow. Female: pale green with scarlet band across wing; blue rump. Both sexes: bill scarlet or coral. Juvenile: like female but paler. Pairs, small flocks, mostly near water; feeds in foliage and blossoms; associates with rosellas, ringnecks. Wary; flies noisily to distant trees with erratic, lashing wingbeats.
- Similar Species
- Superb Parrot, female; King Parrot, female.
- Voice
- flight-call, rapid brassy 'ching-ching' or 'ching-ching-chink'; thin screeches.
- Habitat
- grassy woodlands, rainforest fringes, mangroves, timbered watercourses, mulga, brigalow, casuarina, native-cypress scrubs, crops.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Feb. in NSW; April-July in n.
- Nest
- in tree-hollow, usually near water.
- Eggs
- 3-6; white.
- Range & Status
- e., ne. and n. Aust., from Pilbara (WA) to C. York Pen. (Q), s. nearly throughout Q, to e. inland NSW, far ne. SA. Common, nomadic, dispersive. Also s. PNG.
