What parrots are these?

To:	'Nick Payne' <>, 'Canberra Birds' <>
Subject:	What parrots are these?
From:	Geoffrey Dabb via Canberrabirds <>
Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:53:56 +0000

Possibly South American Amazona parrots, Nick, photographed in an aviary somewhere.

As a widely travelling Canberran you will be familiar with the attached scene. Since airing it at a talk the other night, I came across the below para in the speech by the swan-loving RGM in 'opening' the lake on 17 October 1964 -

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From: Canberrabirds <> On Behalf Of Nick Payne via Canberrabirds
Sent: Wednesday, 19 March 2025 6:31 AM
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Subject: What parrots are these?

I went yesterday to the National Library and had a look at the exhibition of old Fairfax news photos. This photo was there, captioned "Perching parrots, NSW", but I don't recognise them as a species of Australian parrots. Any ideas?

Nick Payne

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