Its an Indian Ringneck (Rose-ringed Parakeet). They're quite a popular pet and
hence a fairly regular escapee. A search of the birding-aus archives should
turn up a bit about them. Probably a good idea to notify the relevant
authorities. The Indian Ringneck is rated as highly likely to establish
populations in Australia and become a pest of agriculture and the environment
(WA Department of Agriculture and Food), and is actively removed in WA. I would
assume that this is the same elsewhere in Australia.
Cheers
John Graff> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:47:10 +1000> From:
> To: > Subject:
[Birding-Aus] Parrot ID- possible escaped pet?> > We had a beautiful visitor in
a gum tree in our backyard late this> afternoon, but we can't work out what
kind of parrot it is. It is green with> a huge red beak, a pink stripe on the
back of its neck, with a beautiful> long tail about as long as a macaw's tail.
It was getting dark, but we> managed to take a couple of pictures of it (links
below)> > If anyone knows can ID it for us, we'd be so grateful if you could
let us> know! Nothing in the Australian guide books looks similar. Our thoughts
are> that it is someone's escaped pet. He seemed very happy, and chattered to
us> for a while before flying into the forest across the road. Maybe he'll
seem> very attractive to the scaly breasted lorikeets over there and we'll see>
some long tailed varieties around here soon, lol.> > > >
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/parrot-2.jpg> >
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/parrot-1.jpg>
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