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Red-capped Parrot

(Purpureicephalus spurius)
Alternate name(s): "King Parrot*" (WA only), "Western King Parrot", "Pileated Parakeet", "Hookbill"
Aboriginal name(s): "djaryl", "djarrailboordang", "djayop"

Size: 35-38 cm
Weight: 100-125 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Red-capped Parrot at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Red-capped Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Near-frontal view of a male Red-capped Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Near-lateral view of a male Red-capped Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Lateral view of a male Red-capped Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

FEMALE

Frontal view of a female Red-capped Parrot; note the greyish-blue front (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Frontal view of a juvenile Red-capped Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Near-frontal view of a juvenile Red-capped Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Lateral view of a juvenile Red-capped Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Triandra Reserve, Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Dorsal view of a juvenile Red-capped Parrot (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Triandra Reserve, Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Dorsal view of a juvenile Red-capped Parrot, now seen preening (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Triandra Reserve, Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Food, Diet

Frontal view of a male Red-capped Parrot feeding on casuarina seeds (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Cockburn, WA, April 2019]

Red-capped Parrots foraging for seeds by a roadside (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Albany, WA, January 2015]

Red-capped Parrots foraging for seeds by a roadside (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Albany, WA, January 2015]

Juvenile Red-capped Parrot taking a fruit (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Albany, WA, January 2015]

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