wrote:
I was driving southwest along the Boulevard in Yarra Bend Park this morning at
about
8.20 a.m., and just past the bridge over the Freeway, I saw two parrots flying.
Long-tailed, predominantly strong green (like Rainbow Lorikeet) on back and wings, but
nearer bird had a PINK face (forehead and chin) and a creamy yellow patch on
the side of
the throat - maybe right across throat but my glimpse was in profile.. Second
bird
didn't really register.
I have been through Forshaw and Cooper's "Parrots of the World" and I can find
nothing
which fits my memory 'snapshot'. Perhaps one of the 'Indian Ringneck'
Psittacula group?
Suggestions welcomed.
Indian ringnecks never get a pink face, just a very narrow pink ring
around the neck so that seems to eliminate them from consideration. I
don't have any alternative though.
cheers,
Mike Owen
Sunshine Coast
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