3 Superb Parrot at Red Hill, ACT
Identification history
| Polytelis swainsonii | 20 Feb 2019 | natureguy | ||
| Polytelis swainsonii | 19 Feb 2019 | JackyF |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
20 Feb 2019
Superb Parrots have been noticeably increasing their presence in South Canberra in the last few years. Locating roost sites is important for their conservation. Come October we would particularly like to have reported any sightings of birds seen entering or looking into hollows.
User's notes
Many thanks Ryu Callaway for spotting this roost. I think at least fifty parrots flying in after 7.30 pm, both in small flocks of 8-12 and family groups. Flying in from more than one direction, lots of calling and flying between trees before settling to roost in several different trees. Last blurry photo shows adult male feeding young. Sorry about photo quality.
2 comments
JackyF
wrote:
21 Feb 2019
Michael and Ryu - Thanks very much. Credit for this sighting should go to Ryu, as he discovered the location. Cheers Jacky
Location information
- Maps Federal Golf Course
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 19 Feb 2019 07:53 PM Recorded on
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Species information
- Polytelis swainsonii Scientific name
- Superb Parrot Common name
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- Very rare / threatened
- Non-Invasive
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