Monday, February 13, 2017

SWIFT PARROT

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017
973         SWIFT PARROT          Lathamus discolor

AUSTRALIA          705

Found in forests, woodlands, plantations, banksias etc; street trees, parks, gardens. 23-26 cm. Breeds only in Tasmania:most migrate in March-June to se Aust., w to Mt Lofty Ra., (SA), n to c. Bowen in coastal e Q; inland to Griffith-Warialda (NSW), Chinchilla (Q). Nomadic on mainland. Returns to Tas. Aug-Oct.





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