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Elegant Parrot

(Neophema elegans)
Aboriginal name(s): Race "carteri": "bilgir", "koolyederong"
Size: 22-23 cm
Weight: 45-50 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Elegant Parrot at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "elegans"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Elegant Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Parnka Point, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Frontal view of a male Elegant Parrot looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Parnka Point, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Frontal view of a male Elegant Parrot looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Parnka Point, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Near-frontal view of a male Elegant Parrot (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Near Hawker, SA, September 2018]

FEMALE

Frontal view of a female Elegant Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Gawler Ranges, SA, August 2018]

Partially obscured near-frontal view of a female Elegant Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Gawler Ranges, SA, August 2018]

Race "carteri"

ADULT

MALE

Male Elegant Parrot, race "carteri"(?), photographed in captivity

FEMALE

Frontal portrait of a female Elegant Parrot feeding on grass seeds (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Triandra Reserve, Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Near-frontal portrait of a female Elegant Parrot feeding on grass seeds (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Triandra Reserve, Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Near-lateral view of a female Elegant Parrot in shady conditions (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Triandra Reserve, Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Food, Diet

Lateral view of a female Elegant Parrot feeding on grass seeds (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Triandra Reserve, Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

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