Other Names (World)
Bluebonnet, Blue Bonnet, Bulloke Parrot, Red-bellied Blue Bonnet, Naretha Parrot, Little Blue Bonnet, Red-vented Blue Bonnet, Yellow-vented Blue Bonnet, Crimson-bellied Parakeet, Eastern Bluebonnet, Greater Bluebonnet
Derivation
Northiella - Alfred John North (1855 - 1917), Australian jeweller, oologist, collector and author: hae-mat-o-gas'-ter - Gk, haima, haimatos, blood; Gk, gaster, belly
Inland south-eastern Australia from northern Eyre Peninsula, SA to north-western SA, east to southern Q from Eyre Creek, west to Birdsville, north-east to Windorah - Blackall, east to Roma-Condamine-Texas in NSW, east to Warialda-Gunnedah-Wellington-Wagga Wagga-Corowa, south to inland NSW.
Eastern Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster) [XC434231]
by Marc Anderson from Bowra Station, near Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia (flight call)
Eastern Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster) [XC688905]
by Marc Anderson from Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
July - December, and after rain.
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Nest
In a hollow of a tree.
Eggs (Guide)
4 - 7, usually 5; white; rounded; 23 - 24 x 18 - 20 mm. Incubation: about 20 days; by female.
Young
Fledge in 4 - 5 weeks.
Subspecies
Sometimes included in Psephotus or Platycercus. Subspecies narethae may be incipient species.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
haematogaster (Gould, 1838) - Inland western and southern New South Wales, north-western Vic. and southern SA.
haematorrhoa (Gould, 1865) - Eastern Australia (interior southern Queensland and northern New South Wales).
pallescens (Salvadori, 1891) - Lake Eyre Basin, SA and Cooper Drainage System, extending into extreme south-western Qld and perhaps, extreme north-western New South Wales.
narethae (H. L. White, 1921) - Nullarbor Plain, south-western SA and south-eastern WA. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Naretha Bluebonnet (Northiella narethae).
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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