Hooded Parrot

Psephotellus dissimilis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicSeedsWoodlandCavity nestSmall · 46 g

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The hooded parrot is a medium-sized parrot, up to 26 cm (10 in) long, weighing 50 to 60 g (1.8 to 2.1 oz). The male has a black head, bluish-grey beak, dark-brown irises, and its wings have a yellow patch. Its upper-parts are brown, its lower parts are turquoise blue, its back is brown, the tail is olive green tipped pale blue, and its legs are pink-grey. The female is a dull-green parrot with a grey-brown head and pink undertail coverts. Juveniles are similar to the female.

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When to see the Hooded Parrot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hooded Parrot

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Hooded Parrot

The hooded parrot is a species of parrot native to the Northern Territory in Australia. It is found in savannah and open woodland and is one of two extant species in its genus that breed in termite mounds. It has declined from much of its original range.

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