Ironically this species is near-threatened in its native range owing to
habitat loss and poaching for the cage bird trade
John Leonard
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 15:28 Donald G. Kimball <> wrote:
> Do hope that someone captures these guys as they can populate an area in
> several years. There are similar species now in the UK that are now in
> large numbers. For the UK with no native species perhaps not so bad on the
> environment but I would worry for the Aussie natives for sure.
>
> Thanks
>
> Don K
>
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 11:50 PM, <> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > We were in Jurong recently and snapped this bird (see photo) which for
> the
> > life of me cannot identify (even using a world parrot book). Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >
> > David in Blackheath NSW
> >
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