Western Ground Parrot |
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Also known as: Kyloring
Wild Western Ground Parrot
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The Western Ground Parrot is genetically distinct from its congener, the (Eastern) Ground Parrot.
Academic Research
Related publications: Pezoporus flaviventrisSpecies Profile
Genus: Pezoporus | Species: flaviventris
Size:
30cm (11.7in)
Weight:
105-110g (3.7-3.9 oz)
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Male-bright green dotted with black and yellow; orange/red frontal band; green cheeks, ear coverts and throat all the way down to the breast, with black streaking on the feathers; abdomen faint green/yellow with interrupted barring; pale yellow spot on primary feathers and two spots on secondary feathers which form stripes; tail green barred with yellow and brown/black. Bill brown/grey, eye yellow. Female-as in male but with black shaft streaking to feathers of cheeks, ear coverts and throat to the breast.
Colour Juvenile:
As in adults but duller
Call:
Three or four bell-like notes.
Video Links:
Video 1More Information:
Avibase
Birdlife Australia
Western Ground Parrot Report 2016
Molecular systematics of two enigmatic genera Psittacella and Pezoporus illuminate the ecological radiation of Australo-Papuan parrots
Friends of the Western Ground Parrot
Content Sources:
CITES
Birdlife Australia
Friends of the Western Ground Parrot
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, J., 2006.
Wild Western Ground Parrot
© Brent Barrett [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons
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The Western Ground Parrot is genetically distinct from its congener, the (Eastern) Ground Parrot.
Academic Research
Related publications: Pezoporus flaviventrisSpecies Care
Captive Status:
Not recorded.
Longevity:
Not recorded.
Housing:
Not recorded.
Diet:
Not recorded.
Enrichment:
Not recorded.
Nest Box Size:
Not recorded.
Clutch Size:
3 or 4 eggs (wild).
Incubation Time:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
Not recorded.
Hatch Weight:
Not recorded.
Peak Weight:
Not recorded.
Weaning Weight:
Not recorded.
Wild Western Ground Parrot
© Brent Barrett [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons
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The Western Ground Parrot is genetically distinct from its congener, the (Eastern) Ground Parrot.
Academic Research
Related publications: Pezoporus flaviventrisSpecies Wild Status
World Population:
378 (2021)
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern (as congener of Ground Parrot)
CITES Listing:
Appendix I (as congener of Ground Parrot)
Threat Summary:
Affected by loss of habitat through extensive historical vegetation clearing. Also threatened by European foxes, feral cats and increasingly severe bushfires. Australian Conservation Status (EPBC Act) Critically endangered.
Range:
Fitzgerald River and Cape Arid National Parks on the south coast of Western Australia. Also seen in the Nuytsland Nature Reserve and Waychinnicup–Many Peaks area.
Habitat:
Birds inhabit coastal heathlands with a range of low-growing shrubs with vegetation of different ages. Prefer areas that have not been burnt for more than 40 years, but very occasionally venture into areas that are regenerating 2–3 years after a fire has moved through.
Wild Diet:
Forages on the ground for seeds and green shoots of grasses and herbs, especially buttongrass Mesomelana sphaerocephala but also Leptocarpus tenax, Anthistiria, Paspalum, Compressum and Xanthorrhoea. Seed types identified include Cyperaceae and Restionaceae, and Rutaceae, Epacridaceae and Fabaceae.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Shy and elusive. Mostly ground-dwelling, taking shelter in thick brush. Sensitive to indiscriminate burning of vegetation.
Clutch and Egg Size:
3 or 4 eggs.
Breeding Season:
July-December. Nest is a shallow scrape in soil lined with stalks or leaves, in the base of a grass tussock or bush and hidden in a chamber of vegetation.
Related Links:
Birdlife Australia
Research: Monitoring population change in...Western Ground Parrots in relation to fire
Wild Western Ground Parrot
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The Western Ground Parrot is genetically distinct from its congener, the (Eastern) Ground Parrot.
Academic Research
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