Hooded Parrot

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The Hooded Parrot, Psephotus dissimilis is a medium-sized, up to 26cm long, turquoise blue parrot with black head, green wing, brown back and greenish blue-bronze tail feathers edged with white. It has pale grey beak, greyish brown legs and brown eye. Female is an olive green parrot with pale blue below.

An Australian endemic, it inhabits to semi-arid areas of northeast Northern Territory. The Hooded Parrot nests in a termite mound. Female lays two to four white eggs. The diet consists mainly of seeds, berries and vegetables.

Though this species has disappeared from most of its original range, it remains common in protected areas. The Hooded Parrot is evaluated as Least Concern on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

External links

• [BirdLife Species Factsheet]
• [IUCN Red List]

 

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