Long-tailed Parrots (Psittacula longicauda) are extremely rare in Australian
aviaries if still in existence here. They are not on the Inventory of Exotic
(non-native) Bird Species known to be in Australia list of DEWHA.
Mike's bird sounds like a Plum-headed Parrot (Psittacula cyanocephala) which
are fairly common in captivity in Australia. Go to Google Images and search
for this species, there are some photos of birds with yellow on the neck,
possibly subspecies. Mike's bird could also possibly be an immature or
partly coloured male obtaining full adult male plumage with partly coloured
head markings.
Cheers
Marc
Jabiru NT
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From:
On Behalf Of John Leonard
Sent: Sunday, 28 September 2008 8:15 AM
To: Birding-aus
Subject: Peculiar Parrots, Kew, Vic.
Long-tailed Parakeets, the parrot of open country and cultivation you
get in the Malay Peninsula and, I think, Sumatra and Java, has a
rosy-pink face. But are they kept in captivity?
John Leonard
2008/9/28 Mike Owen <>:
> wrote:
>>
>> I was driving southwest along the Boulevard in Yarra Bend Park this
>> morning at about
>> 8.20 a.m., and just past the bridge over the Freeway, I saw two parrots
>> flying. Long-tailed, predominantly strong green (like Rainbow Lorikeet)
on
>> back and wings, but
>> nearer bird had a PINK face (forehead and chin) and a creamy yellow patch
>> on the side of
>> the throat - maybe right across throat but my glimpse was in profile..
>> Second bird
>> didn't really register.
>>
>>
>> I have been through Forshaw and Cooper's "Parrots of the World" and I can
>> find nothing
>> which fits my memory 'snapshot'. Perhaps one of the 'Indian Ringneck'
>> Psittacula group?
>> Suggestions welcomed.
>>
>>
>
> Indian ringnecks never get a pink face, just a very narrow pink ring
around
> the neck so that seems to eliminate them from consideration. I don't have
> any alternative though.
> cheers,
>
> Mike Owen
> Sunshine Coast
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