All my field guides mention the possibility of orange on the belly of Elegant
Parrots (though none of the few I've seen had any). The birds in the pictures
certainly have the Frontal colour band/face, and the shoulder and overall
colour tones of Elegant, rather than Orange-bellieds.
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 21/10/2011, at 5:33 PM, Andrew Hobbs wrote:
> Hi
>
> While staying at Stirling Range National Park last week I met Margaret Cox
> from Victoria who asked me about Orange Bellied and Elegant Parrots. She
> showed me several photographs of a parrot which she had photographed in the
> Porongurup Ranges (just north of Albany W.A.) She identified it as an Orange
> Bellied Parrot which would put it well outside its normal range. The field
> guides suggest that the local Elegant Parrots often have a faint orange belly
> though I can't say that I have noticed one and all the Elegant Parrots I saw
> over the next few days didn't appear to have one either.
>
> Photographs of the parrot can be seen at
>
> http://www.hobbsfamily.id.au/Parrot/Orange-bellied_Parrot_1.jpg
> http://www.hobbsfamily.id.au/Parrot/Orange-bellied_Parrot_2.jpg
>
> Can anyone positively identify it. I would appreciate any help and I will
> let Margaret know the conclusion.
>
> Cheers
> Andrew
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