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[[Image:Mulga_Parrot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Tom Tarrant <br/>Male left, female right. Locality: Currawinya National Park, SW Queensland, Australia.
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Male left, female right. Locality: Currawinya National Park, SW Queensland, Australia.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Australia]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
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Arid woodland
 
Arid woodland
 
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Mulga Parrots forage for their food on the ground, eating mainly seeds. When disturbed at feeding or drinking, they take refuge in the upper branches of the nearby trees until the danger has passed. At other times flight is close to the ground and swift with an undulating motion. They are quiet, unobtrusive birds that blend well with the silvery-green foliage found in their arid woodland habitat.
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Diet includes mainly seeds but also fruits, blossoms, fruit and flower buds, and various plant and vegetable matter. Insects and insect larvae are also consumed.
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4 - 6 eggs are laid and incubated for about 19 days.  After 4 - 5 weeks the young fledge and are independent after approx. another 2 - 3 weeks.
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=20&bid=225 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=20&bid=225 View more images of this species on the ABID]
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Revision as of 17:39, 23 October 2007

Psephotus varius
Photo by Tom Tarrant
Male left, female right. Locality: Currawinya National Park, SW Queensland, Australia.

Identification

Distribution

Australia

Taxonomy

Habitat

Arid woodland

Behaviour

Diet includes mainly seeds but also fruits, blossoms, fruit and flower buds, and various plant and vegetable matter. Insects and insect larvae are also consumed.

4 - 6 eggs are laid and incubated for about 19 days. After 4 - 5 weeks the young fledge and are independent after approx. another 2 - 3 weeks.


External Links

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