Habitat
River red gum and black box forest, mallee-spinifex, native cypress, farmlands, weedy clearings, crops, vineyards, stubble, golfcourses, in the east. Wheatbelt farmlands, timbered watercourses, woodland clearings, forests, saltbush in the west.
Northern Victoria and adjacent parts of New South Wales to the mallee areas of south-eastern South Australia, and in south-western Australia, east to Esperance.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus) [XC331505]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Lake Hattah, Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (begging call)
Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus) [XC860097]
by Scott Connop from Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Australia (call)
Eggs (Guide)
4, sometimes 5 or 6; white; rounded; 30 - 32 x 23 - 25 mm. Incubation: about 21 days; by female.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 42 days.
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
anthopeplus (Lear, 1831) - Through mallee wheat belt of south-western Australia.
monarchoides Schodde, 1993 - South-western New South Wales, north-western Victoria and central eastern SA (along the central Murray River between Robinvale and Morgan).
Similar Species
Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii), which is generally greener, and Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) ('Yellow Rosella'), which is slightly smaller, has a blue cheek patch, and bone colored bill.
References
See References.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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