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Night Parrot
Also Known As: Spinifex Parrot, Nocturnal Ground Parrot
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Credit: (c) Steve Milpacher
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Did You Know?
The Night Parrot was presumed extinct until it was rediscovered in 1979, when four birds were seen in northern S Australia. It was then not seen again until 1990, then 2005.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Pezoporus
Species:
occidentalis
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 23cm (9 in) | Not available |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults yellow/green in colour mottled with dark brown, black and yellow; yellow/green foreneck, breast and flanks with black and yellow barring; bright yellow abdomen and undertail coverts; pale yellow on flight feathers forming underwing stripe; dark brown tail barred with yellow. Bill grey/brown. Eye black.
Colourization Juvenile: Reported to be duller than adults with yellow on throat and neck.
Call: Calls are described as low, two-note whistle when alighting at water source at night; emits squeak when startled, and strange croaking note when alarmed.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E152.htm&Pic=152_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=1491&m=0
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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