Red-rumped Parrot
OccasionalGBIF 8.1·Dongniao Rarity Index8.27
英文名：Red-rumped Parrot（学名：Psephotus haematonotus），是鹦形目长尾鹦鹉科金肩鹦鹉属的鸟类。又名: 红臀鹦鹉、红背鹦鹉、美声鹦鹉，是澳大利亚东南部常见的鸟类，尤以墨累-达令盆地为著。雄鸟羽毛鲜艳，头部蓝绿色，腹部黄色，背部深蓝绿色，最显著特征为鲜红的臀部。
Red-rumped Parrot
25-28 cm. Male: head/neck brilliant emerald-green; lower back brick-red; underparts yellow. Female: pale grey-green, dull white below; bend of wing blue; rump green. Immature: like dull adults; female and imm. have pale wingbar. Race caeruleus: male paler, bluer, whiter below; female paler. Pairs; flocks, in which pairs persist: feeds in foliage, blossoms, and on ground on grass seeds, spilt grain on roadsides; when disturbed, flies to fence wires, trees, with pleasing calls. Flight undulating, exposing male's red rump, yellow belly.
- Other name
- Grass Parrot.
- Similar Species
- Mulga Parrot.
- Voice
- flight call, cheery 'chee chlip, chee chlip', with slight break; pretty warbling song.
- Habitat
- usually near water: farm paddocks with living and/or dead trees; grassy woodlands, pastoral country; river red gums on watercourses; mangroves, crops, stubbles, farmyards, roadsides, playing fields, suburban allotments.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Jan. in s.; after rain inland.
- Nest
- in tree hollow, fence post, stump.
- Eggs
- 4-6; white, rounded.
- Range & Status
- Se. Aust. - race caeruleus farthest-inland: timbered watercourses in Cooper Ck-Coongie Lakes region (ne. SA), e. to lower Barcoo R. (Q) (Forshaw, 1981). Main population from s. Q to e. SA; absent from forests of Divide, wetter coastal areas. With clearing of woodlands, has expanded coastwards; now resident parts of all e. mainland capitals. Common. Sedentary; dispersive.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Psephotus haematonotus caeruleus 2. Psephotus haematonotus haematonotus
