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Blue-winged Parrot  

Also Known As: Blue-winged Grass-Parakeet, Blue-banded Parrot or Grass-Parakeet, Grass Parrot, Hobart Ground Parrot
 
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Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma) Bald Hill, Victoria, Australia

Credit: (c) Ian Montgomery | http://birdway.com.au
 
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Did You Know?
The plumage of the Blue-winged Parrot becomes much brighter when the birds are in breeding condition, advertising their availability to others.

Species Profile
Genus:
Neophema

Species:
chrysostoma

Size: Adult Weight:
21cm (8.2 in) 33-60g (1.1-2.1 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Male-bronze/yellow crown; deep blue frontal band up to eye and margined with paler green/blue above; olive/green upperparts; pale green cheeks to upper breast; yellow underparts and underside of tail, sometimes lightly washed with orange on centre of abdomen; cobalt blue upper wing coverts. Bill grey/black. Eye dark brown. Female-olive/green crown; less evident frontal band; duller blue upper wing coverts washed with olive/green; pale underwing stripe minimal or absent.

Colourization Juvenile: Frontal band absent or minimal; dull green/olive upper wing coverts, margined with dull blue; underwing stripe evident in all females and most of the males. Bill yellow/brown.

Call: Calls are described as soft and tinkling, with a metallic tone; also sharp and high-pitched when alarmed. Occasional soft twittering may be heard while birds are feeding.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E144.htm&Pic=144_1.JPG

BirdCare http://www.birdcare.com.au/blue_winged_parrot.htm

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1482&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.