Superb Parrot at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Polytelis swainsonii | 14 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Polytelis swainsonii | 9 Dec 2025 | LisaH |
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First fledgling superb parrots that I've seen for the year - very excited to hear the young begging! When they flew off, I could see there were two young. Shortly afterwards, another family with one young bird flew by.
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Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
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Species information
- Polytelis swainsonii Scientific name
- Superb Parrot Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 792.3m Recorded at altitude
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