Home > All About Parrots > Parrot Encyclopedia > Parrot Profile

|

Status in the Wild

World Population:
6500

Range: Occurs inland in SE Australia, form NC New South Wales south to mid Murray River and tributaries in N Victoria, between Barmah Forest and lower Ovens River.

Habitat:
Birds to the east rely on open box woodland Eucalyptus areas for breeding, whereas birds in the west breed in riparian river red-gum woodland. Foraging is in box woodland containing Eucalyptus bicolor, E. melliodora and white cypress pine. Birds are also found in farmland and rural areas.

Threat Summary:
Clearing forest for agriculture, fragmentation of habitat, and prevention of regeneration by rabbits and cattle. Altering the flooding schemes in the south of this bird's range may also affect the area where they breed. Also competition for the dwindling number of nesting sites is fierce between the Superb and other species.

IUCN Rating:
Vulnerable

Wild Diet:
Eats fruit, blossoms of acacias and eucalypts, fruit of shrubs, seeds of crops, grasses, weeds and herbs.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Occurs in small flocks, but groups of up to 100 birds have been seen. This parrot feeds in trees, in the understorey and also on the ground. Are fairly approachable in the wild. May be seen with Yellow Rosellas and Cockatiels.

Clutch and Egg Size:
4 to 6 rounded eggs, 28.5 x 23.5mm (1.1 x 0.9 in).

Breeding Season:
September-December

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.npansw.org.au/web/conservation/western/redgum/newsredexternal.htm#parrotthreatened

http://www.conservationvolunteers.com.au/wildfutures/documents/SuperbParrotPlantings.pdf

More Info Sites:
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1456&m=0

http://www.fnpw.com.au/enews053/SuperbParrot.htm

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

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/tsd05superb-parrot.html