About 18 months or so ago I reported seeing a green
parrot locally with a flock of galahs. At the time I
thought it was probably a female Superb Parrot.
Well, it?s back again. Now it hangs about with mostly
with one Galah, and they seem oddly like companions or
mates in the way they interact ? quite comical to
watch them waddling about together. The green one
loves dandelion heads!
As to what the mystery bird is, I?m still not sure. It
does resemble a female Superb Parrot. Open up your
Morcombe field guide, if you have one, and look at his
picture of the female. Mentally delete the orange/red
?trouser legs? ? make them green. Put a slight blue
wash on the top of the head, and perhaps a spot of
yellow/orange above the bill (this might be just its
cere though, I couldn?t get my ?good? binocs out
quickly enough to see for sure). This is what this
bird looks like. Perhaps it is a foreign species?
Whatever it is, it?s plainly a survivor!
Jan Flack
West Brunswick, Melbourne.
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