Tuesday 22 October 2019

Wild Bird Wednesday 379 - Australian Ringneck - aka Port Lincoln Parrot

This week's WBW is brought to you by the highly variable Australian Ringneck Parrot (Barnardius zonarius) which occurs in a number of sub-species.

These birds are examples of the subspecies Barnardius zonarius zonarius (dont you just love taxonomy!) - which is also know as the Port Lincoln Parrot.  This is the most widespread of the sub-species of this parrot.

These birds were photographed in the Desert Park in Alice Springs.  They are not an uncommon bird in Alice.  In fact, they can be found on the main street of the town, where they have become used to stealing packets of sugar from cafe tables!

These birds were a little more wild than that.











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15 comments:

  1. Awesome turquoise!
    Cheers from Verona.

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  2. My heart is pitter-pattering, Stewart!

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  3. What a beautiful bird! Great pastel colors!

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  4. Hari OM
    That's a beauty - and having been to the Alice four times (admittedly last time was 18 years back), I don't recall ever having seen one... clearly, something must have changed. Availability of sugar perhaps?! YAM xx

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  5. They are gorgeous and my favourite colours!

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  6. Such wonderful shades of turquoise! You certainly have quite an assortment of colorful birds Down Under!

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  7. They are beautiful. So colorful! Sugar, really.? Wonderful pictures Stewart. I don’t have any birds this week to share. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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  8. Hi Stewart! Great bird! Not so common here in Norway of course :-))

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  9. That is gorgeous!!!!! Spectacular bird!

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  10. Wonderful new sighting for me! Thanks, Stewart

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  11. They are beautifully colorful!

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