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Binginwarri Landcare group
Parrots and Cockatoos |
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Parrots have short, powerful bills,usually curved downwards, that they use for cracking seeds. They also feed on fruit, nectar and wood-boring insect larvae. Parrots feet are different to most other birds in that they have 2 toes pointing forwards and 2 toes pointing backwards.
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Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans, Family Psittacidae (True Parrots). The other family in Psittaciformes is the Cacatuidae or Cockatoos which are not classified as true parrots.(KP)
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Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans, Family Psittacidae (True Parrots) showing immature plumage. These parrots are known to interbreed with Eastern Rosellas. (AK)
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Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius, Family Psittacidae (True Parrots). (KP)
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Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla, Family Cacatuidae (Cockatoos). Galahs can be told apart by the colour of their eyes - males (left) have black eyes, females (right) are reddish-brown. (KP)
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King Parrot, male, Alisterus scapularis, Family Psittacidae (True Parrots). Males with an all red head and beak, females (dark beak) and juvenile birds (m. with pink and f. with dark beaks) and all with green heads. (KP)
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King parrot. Juvenile. (KP)
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King Parrot, female. Aberrant feathers. Although King-Parrots appear distinctly red & green to humans, when viewed under ultraviolet light, some feathers on the wings appear with a prominent yellow glow. Many birds see in ultraviolet. (KP)
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, Family Cacatuidae.
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Calypttorhynchus funereus, Family Cacatuidae (Cockatoos). Showing differences between (left) female and (right) male with his dark beak, pink eye ring and smaller yellow cheek patch. (KP)
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, female, Calyptorhynchus funereus, Family Cacatuidae. Females are distinguished by white upper beak, dark grey eye-ring, a larger cheek patch of yellow and with black markings in tail panels. (AK)
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Gang Gang Cockatoo, (male) Callocephalon fimbriatum, Family Cacatuidae. (KP)
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Gang Gang Cockatoo. Female. (KP)
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Rainbow Lorikeets, Trichoglossus haematodus Family Psittacidae (True Parrots). These beautiful parrots are another success story, having emigrated south from their normal areas and are taking over. Often called Rainbow Rats! (KP)
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Little corellas. (KP)
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Bird photographs contributed by Kim Baggaley, Alison Kuiter, Kaye Proudley and John McClumpha |
