Monday, April 25, 2016

HOODED PARROT

Photographed near Mataranka, Northern Territory April 2016.
768             HOODED PARROT               Psephotus dissimilis

Australia           (612)

Found in dry, open woodlands; paperbarks, spinifex; eucalyptus in rocky, open grasslands bordering  watercourses; usually with termite mounds. 25-27 cm. Range: confined to Top End (NT), e to w. edge of Arnham Land escarpment. Patty, uncommon.