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Photo by Mat & Cathy
Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia, September 2005

Aprosmictus erythropterus

Female
Photo by gritstone
Broome, WA, Australia, October 2009

[edit] Identification

30-33cm. Red wings, bright green body, black nape, blue lower back and rump, yellow tipped tail, orange bill and grey feet. Females - yellow green body, red and pink trimmings on wings, dark iris and light blue lower back.

[edit] Distribution

Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Pair, male on right
Photo by RMD
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia, June 2004

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Riverine forests, forest edges, acacia scrub, savanna, mangroves, and farmlands.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes seeds from eucalyptus, acacia, berries, flowers, and insects. They use a hollow space in a tree as a nest. 3-6 white eggs are laid and are incubate by the female while the male searches for food. The chicks stay with their parents for about five weeks.

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