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Hooded ParrotAlternate name(s): "Black-hooded Parakeet", "Anthill Parrot" Size: 25-27 cm Weight: 50-60 g |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male Hooded Parrot
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
Close-up lateral view of a male Hooded Parrot taking grass seeds
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2014]
Lateral view of a male Hooded Parrot on a high perch
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2014]
Lateral view of a male Hooded Parrot
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
Lateral/ventral view of a male Hooded Parrot
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2020]
Lateral/ventral view of a male Hooded Parrot
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2020]
Near-dorsal/ventral view of a male Hooded Parrot
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2020]
Near-dorsal/ventral view of a male Hooded Parrot
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Pine Creek, NT, November 2019]
Dorsal view of a (possibly young) male Hooded Parrot
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
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FEMALE |
Full-frontal/ventral view of a very pale female Hooded Parrot
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Pine Creek, NT, November 2018]
Near-frontal/ventral view of a female Hooded Parrot
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2020]
Close-up near-lateral view of a female Hooded Parrot
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Pine Creek, NT, March 2021]
Lateral view of a female Hooded Parrot
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
Dorsal view of a female Hooded Parrot
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
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PAIR |
Pair of Hooded Parrots; male on the left, female on the right
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2014]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Near-lateral view of an immature male Hooded Parrot moulting
into adult plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2020]
Lateral view of an immature male Hooded Parrot moulting
into adult plumage,
left, with a female on the right
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2014]
Lateral view of an immature male Hooded Parrot moulting
into adult plumage
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
Lateral/ventral view of an immature male Hooded Parrot moulting
into adult plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2020]
Near-dorsal view of an immature male Hooded Parrot moulting
into adult plumage
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2014]
Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Hooded Parrot foraging in recently
burnt dry grassland;
note the pale bill
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
Dorsal view of a juvenile Hooded Parrot foraging on the ground
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
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Behaviour |
The Hooded Parrot is one of only two remaining extant species that are known to nest in termite mounds. The other is the Golden-shouldered Parrot in northern QLD. The former third species, the Paradise Parrot, is presumed extinct.
We have observed three Hooded Parrots busying themselves around a
termite mound, but could not find a nesting hollow
[Pine Creek, NT, August 2014]
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Food, Diet |
Hooded Parrots are primarily seed-eaters.
Close-up near-dorsal view of a female Hooded Parrot feeding on
grass seeds
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Pine Creek, NT, March 2021]
Hooded Parrots feeding on grass seeds - male at the centre,
female in front and juvenile at the back
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2014]
Two immature Hooded Parrots moulting into adult
plumage drinking
from a waterhole; male on the right, female on the left
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Pine Creek, NT, July 2014]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
hoodpar_20140818_2.m4a | (Pine Creek, NT) | Contact call? (female) | © MD | |
hoodpar_20140818.m4a | (Pine Creek, NT) | Contact calls? (females) | © MD | |
hoodpar_pb_20210320.m4a | (Pine Creek, NT) | Various | © PB |
More Hooded Parrot sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.