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As for
possibly being an escaped
elegant parrot from the walk-in aviary in gold creek well maybe but
surely we would need to consider, that is not the only venue in Canberra
where Neophemas are kept, and further to this, if it is an escaper, is the
possibility of it being a hybrid, in which case it may be intermediate or show a
mix of species characters.
I was
interested in this: Oh and I
forgot, its flight was direct and swift, not erratic like the Turquoise Parrot.
I wonder how different such a feature is between species. I notice
Pizzey's book mentions flight patterns and says for Blue-winged Parrot "other neophemas fly similarly". I am not and I
suspect you would need to be really familiar with each of them to pick that
difference, if there is one.
I believe for
decades many aviculturalists call them Turquoisines. I can't imagine why they
need the extra syllable, but "Turkeys" is a surely demeaning name for such a cute
little parrot.
Philip
Thanks Chris.
Yes a possibility I guess. But the green was dull even in the sun when i
first saw it. Turkeys as we used to call Turquoise Parrots when I was a kid (a
very long time ago) are very bright in the sun.
I will keep an eye out for it but unless I see it again there will be no
additional information. I judge it to be a Blue-winged Parrot and I am not sue
that replacing that ID with another equally unusual bird proves anything
much!
Put it this way, I saw an unusual but not impossible parrot and from what I
saw and from past experience, I judged it to be a Blue-winged parrot. I
don't mind if the rarities panel accepts it or not! It was SOMETHING unusual and
it made my morning.
Thanks for being interested
John
John
Harris
Rev Dr John Harris,
36 Kangaroo Close,
Nicholls, ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA
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On 11/10/2013, at 12:58 PM, Chris <>
wrote:
Hi John, what about female Turquoise Parrot as an alternative? Did you
see the frontal band on the forehead or could it have had a blue face?
Cheers,
Chris
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On 11/10/2013, at 8:50 AM, Julian Teh <>
wrote:
Just to note, due to it's proximity to Nicholls, this could be an
escaped elegant parrot from the walk-in aviary in gold creek. Unlikely,
seeing as the elegants are kept within an aviary of their own inside the
main walkthrough, but still possible.
On 11 Oct 2013, at 11:24 am, John Harris <>
wrote:
Today I saw a Blue-winged Parrot behind my house
at Nicholls which backs onto Ginnninderra Creek. I have submitted an
unusual bird report.
It was a small dull olive green parrot with bright blue wings which
shone in the sun. It was feeding on the grass but when disturbed flew up
into a grove of wattles and grevilleas. I watched it hiding there with
binoculars for about 5 minutes. In the shade it looked more like a
blackish bird with blue wings. It made high pitched squeaks. After 5
minutes I tried to get closer and spooked it and it it flew west to
the woodland trees on Percival Hill. It flew straight and fast, not
undulating like Eastern Rosella etc. Plenty of Easterns around as
well as Red-rumps and juvenile Crimsons which were the only unlikely
candidates for wrong identification. I tried to follow but lost
it.
I raised one as a kid. It had fallen from a nest before it could fly.
I had it for some years.
John
John
Harris
Rev Dr John Harris,
36 Kangaroo Close,
Nicholls, ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA
P:
61-(0)2-62418472
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