Elegant Parrot
Neophema elegans· 长尾鹦鹉科(3 photos)
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Elegant Parrot
22-24 cm. Golden-olive, with yellow facial mask: forehead band dark blue, narrowly edged pale blue, extends just past eye; narrow, dark/light blue band around bend of wing; underparts buttercup-yellow; some have orange belly. Female: duller; mask olive-yellow; less blue. Immature: no band or mask; pale wingbar. Solitary, pairs, small flocks: quiet; flight quick, with flitting wingbeats; yellower than Blue-winged, shows golden-olive rump, yellow outer tail-feathers.
- Similar Species
- Blue-winged, Orange-bellied Parrots; female Turquoise, Scarlet-chested Parrots.
- Voice
- single sharp 'tsit'; startled, burst of rapid 'zit zit, zit'.
- Habitat
- open forests, woodlands, scrublands; river red gums on watercourses; saltbush, mallee, mulga; clearings with rank growth; saltmarsh.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Dec.
- Nest
- in tree spout.
- Eggs
- 4-5; white, round.
- Range & Status
- disjunct: (1) se. SA, incl. Flinders Ras. and adjacent far sw. NSW; casual sw. Q; rare in w. Vic. (e. to Ararat region); (2) sw. WA, s. and w. of c. Esperance-Merredin-Geraldton. Some autumn-winter dispersal to Pilbara. Common to rare; part-nomadic.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Neophema elegans elegans 2. Neophema elegans carteri
