Night Parrots at Minga Well 2005

["Robert Inglis" <>]

Joseph M Foreshaw’s book “Australian Parrots” (published by Lansdowne Press, 
Melbourne in 1969 and illustrated by William T Cooper) contains some 
interesting information about the Night Parrot.

The following extract is relevant to the discussion about it’s styles of 
locomotion.

“A Night Parrot caught in the Gawler Ranges, South Australia, in 1867, lived 
for some months in captivity at London Zoo. It moved along in a series of 
jumps, much like the actions of a House Sparrow, but at times ran about on the 
floor of the aviary with considerable agility.”

So, it seems that John Young’s observations are valid as are those of the 
observers at Minga Well.

Bob Inglis
Sandstone Point
Qld
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