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Golden-shouldered Parakeet  

Also Known As: Golden-winged Parrot or Parakeet, Chestnut-crowned Parrot or Parakeet, Antbed Parrot, Anthill Parrot
 
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Golden-shouldered Parrot , male, Artemis, Cape York Peninsula, Qld

Credit: © Michael Todd | http://www.wildlifing.com
 
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Did You Know?
The nest hollow of the Golden-shouldered Parakeet is excavated in a termite mound still damp from the wet season.

Species Profile
Genus:
Psephotus

Species:
chrysopterygius

Size: Adult Weight:
26cm (10.1 in) 56g (2 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Male-yellow frontal band; black crown merging into brown/black hindneck; turquoise face and underparts; abdomen to undertail coverts orange/red tipped with white; brown back and underparts; rump and upper tail coverts turquoise, middle wing coverts yellow; tail brown/green tipped blue/white. Bill grey/white. Eye brown. Female-dull green; forehead pale yellow; crown and hindneck brown/green; rump and upper tail coverts pale turquoise; white abdomen to undertail coverts, feathers on centre of abdomen margined light red; yellow/white underwing mark.

Colourization Juvenile: As in female; male youngsters with brighter turquoise cheeks; underwing mark present.

Call: Two note contact call, not as high-pitched as Hooded Parrot. Whistle also described.

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Content Sources:

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1473&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/

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

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1992.