Wednesday, March 11, 2015

REGENT PARROT

Photographed near Pinaroo, South Australia March 2015
526        REGENT PARROT               Polytelis anthopeplus

Australia           (367)

In e. Australia found in river red gums and black box forests; adjacent mallee-spinifex; native cypress, farmland, weedy watercourses, clearings, vineyards, crops, stubble, golf-courses. In sw. WA, wheatbelt farmlands, timbered watercourses, clearings in woodlands, forests, saltbush. Range sw  e. Aust around the border of SA/NSW/Vic across to Murray Bridge; in west sw. WA from Shark Bay down. 38-41 cm.