Red-rumped Parrot
Psephotus haematonotus· 长尾鹦鹉科(10 photos)
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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
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