Information about Superb Parrot
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It is a medium-sized bright green parrot, approximately 40cm long, with long tail feathers, yellow-green below and yellow eye. The male has a scarlet band upper chest, bright yellow face and throat. The female has a pale blue-green face, greyish-green throat and yellow thighs.
An Australian endemic, the Superb Parrot is restricted to the woodlands of New South Wales and Victoria. It nests on hollow limb or a hole in a tree. The diet consists mainly of eucalypt flowers, fruits, nectar and pollen.
During February-June 2005, "accidental" logging in the Barmah State Forest destroyed 60 per cent of the nesting colonies of the Superb Parrot (6000 tonnes of river red gums): with fewer than 150 breeding in Victoria this has severely compromised their chances of survival [1][2].
Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and limited range, the Superb Parrot is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Polytelis swainsonii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 31 October 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
1. ^ Minchin, Liz. "Blunder gives loggers wrong area, rare parrot loses nesting trees", The Age (Melbourne), 2005-08-06, p. 11.
2. ^ Homeless Parrots in the Fire.
2. ^ Homeless Parrots in the Fire.
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Wagler, 1832
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Polytelis swainsonii
Polytelis anthopeplus
Polytelis alexandrae
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Polytelis swainsonii
Polytelis anthopeplus
Polytelis alexandrae
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Polytelis swainsonii
Polytelis anthopeplus
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The genus Polytelis
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Polytelis swainsonii
Polytelis anthopeplus
Polytelis alexandrae
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Eucalypts are woody plants belonging to three closely related genera: Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora.
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Barmah
Victoria
Murray River crossing at Barmah
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