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Status in the Wild

World Population:
Around 100,000

Range:
P.w. wallicus: scattered along coastal SE Australia from Fraser Island and Maryborough district in SE Queensland, south to S Victoria and possibly SE S Australia; also Tasmania, Hunter Island and formerly Flinders Island in Bass Strait.
P.w. flaviventris: scattered in two populations along southern coast of W Australia from Bow River east to West River and Fizgerald River National Park, and from Alexander Bay east to Cape Arid. Formerly north along western coastline to near Perth.


Habitat:
Found in both heathland and sedgeland; temperate and subtropical shrubby heath with thick cover.

Threat Summary:
Loss of habitat through urban development or agricultural development, therefore range fragmented.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Feed on a variety of seeds (up to 40 species of plants), leaves, shoots and small insects.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Mainly sedentary and live in pairs, protecting their territories. Is active through the day with peak periods at dawn, mid-morning and late afternoon. Feeds on the ground.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2 to 6 slightly spherical eggs, 28.0 x 22.0mm (1.1 x 0.8 in).

Breeding Season:
July in north-east, August in west and formerly October in Tasmania.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://birdswa.iinet.net.au/projects/wgp/wgp.htm

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/birds2000/pubs/ground-parrot-w.pdf

http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU9940166.htm

More Info Sites:
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/content/eastern+ground+parrot+vulnerable+species+listing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Parrot

http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=277

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15873726

http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anz45-free/anz45-211.pdf