Please someone - help me if you have any idea what this bird
might be.
I'm not happy with two possible females: superb parrot and
ring-necked/rose-ringed parakeet.
A parrot has appeared in a garden in Beaumaris and in the nearby
foreshore. Probably the same species as one in the same area for
5 months in 1996. The following is a composite of notes by 3
observers.
Always in company of rainbow lorikeets but about 25% longer, say
35-40cm, but slimmer? and not? actually feeding on nectar with
them..
A pale yellowish-green "like the leaves around a corn cob" or
"avocado". Possibly slightly paler/more grey beneath. Long
tail (40% of total length?) appearing yellow from below
(translucent feathers?). Some outer tail feathers shorter than
the central ones, making the tail shape a long narrow "V"
A pink mark or oval blotch somewhere around the bend of the wing
or the coverts - "as if it had been pinched by someone with pink
paint on their thumb".
Red parrot bill with large upper mandible, pointing downwards
(rather like a long-billed corrella's beak).
"Floating", "easy" flight. Call possibly "between lorikeet and
cockatiel".
A couple of possibilities: female superb parrot (but yellowish
tail and pink patch on wing rule that out ?); female ring-necked
parakeet (pink patch again wrong ? flight wrong)....
And, yes, I know I should instead be writing to my elected
representatives (and the leader of the opposition) to tell them
that land clearance IS a national issue.
Michael Norris
To unsubscribe from this list, please send a message to
Include ONLY "unsubscribe birding-aus"
in the message body (without the quotes)
|
