Blue Bonnet Parrot

Unfortunately it has a poor reputation as an aggressive bad tempered aviary bird that cannot be kept around other birds or pets. The lowest incubation period of any parrot is 14 days for the vasa parrot.

Longhurst Peter Blue Bonnet Parrot Mutualart

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Blue bonnet parrot. Female blue bonnet perched in a casuarina tree surveying its surroundings before going down to feed on a paddock photo courtesy of r. The bluebonnet is a medium sized inland parrot commonly found in the interior of southeastern and central southern australia. Species edit.

The blue bonnet or yellow vented blue bonnet parrot northiella haematogaster haemetogaster or psephotus haematogaster haematogaster is endemic to western and southern new south wales north western victoria and south eastern south australia. Many guidelines are in place to keep our staff and customers safe including requiring masks of all customers and limited outdoor seating following the health department regulations. Blue bonnet parrots are sporadically dispersed socially gathering in groups of up to 30 birds.

Being exclusively ground feeding they are vulnerable to attacks by predators. It is adapted to life in semi arid regions but can also flourish in regions of medium rainfall towards the eastern and southern extremities of its range. The genus name honours australian ornithologist alfred john north.

Blue bonnets are the shiest parrots in our area that we have spotted so far. The term bluebonnet refers to the two species of australian parrots in the genus northiella. The bluebonnet parrot is a striking australian grass parakeet with a neat blue face.

The incubation time for the bluebonnet is about 19 days but a low of 17 days has been recorded.

Bluebonnet Parrot 1884 Drawing By Greene S Parrots