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Species Profile

Genus:
Barnardius

Species:
zonarius

Size:	Adult Weight:
37cm (14.4 in)(zonarius), 42cm (16.4 in)(semitorquatus)	123-143g (4.3-5 oz)(zonarius), 142-206g (5-7.2 oz) (semitorquatus)

Races including nominate:
three: B.z. zonarius, B.z. occidentalis, B.z. semitorquatus

Colourization Adult:
B.z. zonarius: male-dark green body; dull black head, nape and upper cheeks; dark green throat and breast; bright yellow abdomen; bronze/green tail with blue and widely tipped white. Bill grey/white. Eye dark brown. Female-as in male but duller; head more brown/black; occasionally has underwing stripe. B.z. occidentalis: both adults differ from zonarius by paler plumage; paler grey/black on head; lemon/yellow abdomen to undertail coverts. B.z. semitorquatus: male-as in zonarius, but larger in size; green abdomen to undertail coverts, paler than green on breast; frontal band red and prominent; heavier, wider bill. Female-in general duller than male; black on head more dull and more brown; frontal band on forehead smaller and paler, sometimes absent.

Colourization Juvenile:
B.z. zonarius: as in adults but duller, especially on head; more brown on head; underwing stripe present in most females, absent in males. B.z. semitorquatus: as in adult female.

Call: Calls describes as gutteral and lower-pitched compared to Mallee Ringneck Parrot; in southwest Twenty-eight Parrots emit three syllable notes, with middle note higher.

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