ID help please - new garden resident (1 Viewer)

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Gasman

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• Jul 7, 2012

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Hi. This beautiful bird has taken up residence in our garden in UK. Assume escaped parrot but unsure of ID - can you help? Thanks

 

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StuartReeves

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• Jul 7, 2012

• #2

Looks like a Scarlet Rosella. It's long way from home - they're a native of Eastern Australia!

 

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Gasman

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• Jul 7, 2012

• #3

Stuart thanks. Matches perfectly.

 

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Parula6

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• Jul 8, 2012

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I think they're called Crimson Rosella rather than Scarlet, but that's definitely the bird.

 

Bruce Ramsay

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• Jul 8, 2012

• #5

Yes - definitely a Crimson Rosella. And definitely an escapee - unless they've managed to go feral in the UK!

Beautiful birds - I think we tend to under-appreciate them a bit here because we see them so often. Its only since I moved to Perth (where they don't occur) from Canberra (where they are very common) that I realised how much I took their presence for granted.

 

Brian2

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• Jul 8, 2012

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It's clearly an escapee (Crimson Rosella) and will probably struggle to find the right food in the wild as well as sticking out like a sore thumb to any passing Sparrowhawk. If it were in my garden I think I'd be trying to capture it some how....not sure how though but I'd have to try to help it survive.They eat seed mix (millet the fav.) and also like green foods so putting out a little lettuce etc might help. Good luck to it.

 

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Gasman

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• Jul 8, 2012

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Thanks for comments. Is feeding well from our feeders which now has a Parrot section. Catching it will be a challenge but appreciate outlook not great.

 

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MJB

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• Jul 9, 2012

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Gasman said:

Thanks for comments. Is feeding well from our feeders which now has a Parrot section. Catching it will be a challenge but appreciate outlook not great.

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Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans, natural distribution SW Australia. A common cage-bird wherever people like keeping birds in cages. Presumably someone has lost it. It's usual habitat is wet eucalyptus forest, but it has adapted to open farmland near forested areas.
MJB
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Oops! This thread didn't update properly when I went to it, and so sorry for the duplication of info!

 

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