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Psephotus varius
The male Mulga Parrot is multicolored from which the common name Many-coloured Parrot of this species is derived. It is a bright green overall, with a bluish tinge on the neck and above the eye, and paler on the breast. The rump is light green. The forehead is yellow and there is a red patch on the back of the head. The lower belly and thighs are yellowish marked with orange-red and the wings greenish apart from the yellow median wing coverts and blue outer webs of primaries. The long tail is an assortment of colours: the two long central feathers are dark blue tinged with green, the outer feathers are blue shading to white and there is some red on the upper tail coverts. Its bill is a blue-grey edged with black, and iris is brown. The female is duller overall, with an olive-brown head and chest, duller yellow forehead and red patch on the back of the head, and pale green belly, and more brown-grey bill. It has a red shoulder.
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@StevenSpragg.. I have to new bird spottings http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/763...
and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/763...
Could you please help with the ID?
Mmm maybe not quite as big as a Indian Ring-Neck..
owh such a big parrot, same size with indian ring-necked parakeet ....but i dont mind about the size, all i mind is because it rare... conservation please ...!!!
Thanks Pulkit.Singal .. @ TaufikSalleh these birds are around 30 cm from head to tail.. and they are very rare!
is it palm-sized bird? or bigger? anyway it such a beautiful bird...
colorful bird !!!
I don't know.. It was taken at the same spot.. maybe 1 km from the first one!
Another beautiful mulga parrot, is this the same bird?