Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Superb Parrot

Superb Parrot

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CAVS: 0277

Species Polytelis swainsonii (Desmarest, 1826)

Superb Parrot

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Riverina and north-central riverine plains, NSW, and adjacent lower western slopes of Great Dividing Range north to Narrabri and Lightning Ridge, NSW, south to Albury, Benalla and Echuca (where now rare), VIC, east to Canberra, Orange and Gunnedah, NSW/ACT, and west to Hay, Hillston, Hermidale and Macquarie Marshes, NSW—previously south to Seymour and Bendigo areas, VIC, and populations on Murray River drainage now appear isolated—aviary escapees recorded frequently in east Australian cities.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, folivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, migratory, nomadic, open forest, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds arboreally and on ground on seeds, fruit, scale insects and blossom, flocks in small to moderate-sized groups, flies directly with swift regular wing beats, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear whitish-downed, dull orange-yellow-billed chicks, wanders regionally to seasonal food sources, shifting northward in non-breeding winter months, and returning to southern sectors in spring to breed.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020 07-Oct-2015 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)