Red-rumped Parrot

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When to see the Red-rumped Parrot

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-rumped Parrot

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Belgium, Chile, Germany, United States, Spain, United Kingdom.

About the Red-rumped Parrot

The red-rumped parrot, also known as the red-backed parrot or grass parrot, is a medium-sized broad-tailed parrot endemic to open woodland in south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin. It is a highly sexually dimorphic species, with the adult female mainly being a greyish olive-green with lighter underparts and the adult male predominantly being a brightly coloured green and gold with various shades of blue on the wings. Only the adult male possesses the red rump that gives the species its common name.

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Easily confused with

Australian King ParrotAlisterus scapularisAdults of both sexes are about 43 cm (17 in) in length, including the long, broad tail. Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephalaThe plum-headed parakeet is a mainly green parrot, 33–37 cm (13–15 in) long with a weight of 55–85 g (1.9–3.0 oz). Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatriaThe Alexandrine parakeet is one of the largest parakeets, measuring 56 to 62 cm (22 to 24 in) from the top of the head to the tip of the tail and weighing 200 to 300 g (7.1 to 10.6 oz).

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