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Hooded Parrot  

Also Known As: Hooded Parakeet, Black-hooded Parrot or Parakeet, Antbed Parrot or Parakeet, Anthill Parrot or Parakeet
 
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Hooded Parrot, adult male 13951 (Psephotus dissimilis) Pine Creek, Northern Territory

Credit: © Ian Montgomery | http://birdway.com.au
 
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Did You Know?
The Hooded Parrot nests in terrestrial termitaria (termite mounds on the ground). The tunnel to the nest goes into the centre of the mound, where the temperature is stable.

Species Profile
Genus:
Psephotus

Species:
dissimilis

Size: Adult Weight:
26cm (10 in) 50-60g (1.75-2.1 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Male-black crown to area below eyes; dark brown upperparts; blue/green rump; turquoise/blue face and underparts; orange/red undertail coverts widely margined white; golden/yellow lesser, inner median, and inner secondary wing coverts; olive/green tail wide tipped with blue/white. Bill blue/grey tipped with darker grey. Eye dark brown. Female-dull green in colour; grey/brown forehead, crown, and forecheeks; pink/grey undertail coverts margined with white; underwing stripe yellow/white.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult female with underwing stripe, in males narrower.

Call: Calls are high-pitched chu-weet...chu-weet in flight and immediately after landing; when alarmed or cornered agitated, shrill chattering, with some sharp notes. Feeding is done in silence.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E134.htm&Pic=134_1.JPG

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1472&m=0

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

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.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.