FW: Fwd: A new bird

[Steve Holliday <>]

Hi Luiz

Your bird is appears to be a Monk Parakeet. It is an escaped pet as in the wild 
these are green and grey with a bit of blue in the wing. The blue form shown in 
your photos is a captive bred mutation. Not sure how widely kept they are in 
Australia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_parakeet

Cheers

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Canberrabirds <> On 
Behalf Of Alison Mackerras
Sent: Sunday, 13 November 2022 12:21 PM
To: 
Subject: Fwd: A new bird

Hi,

If you can help Lou with an ID please reply to him. However, others may also be 
curious to know the answer.

Regards

Alison Mackerras


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Subject: A new bird
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:39:10 +1100
From: Luiz Ribeiro <>
To: 

Hi

I live in Nicholls and I saw a bird today, first time in 25 years, and can't 
find it in my Birds of the ACT book. Perhaps it's an escaped pet?

I thought I could email you and ask about it and I have attached a couple of 
photos if that's OK.
Thanks and regards

Lou Ribeiro
Nicholls

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