Blue-winged Parrot
A species of Grass parrots Scientific name : Neophema chrysostoma Genus : Grass parrots
Blue-winged Parrot, A species of Grass parrots
Botanical name: Neophema chrysostoma
Genus: Grass parrots
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Description General Info
Description
Ranging from 20 to 24 cm long and weighing around 55 g, the parrot is sexually dimorphic –both sexes are predominantly olive-green. The adult male has a two-toned band across the face above but not reaching the eyes—ultramarine above and paler turquoise blue below. Its crown is yellowish, and throat and breast pale green and belly yellow, its wing coverts and under wing coverts are deep blue. The tail is blue-grey. The bill is blue-grey and the iris is brown. The adult female is duller with dull olive underparts and smaller blue on wings and less distinctive frontal band. Juveniles are dull olive green with slate-blue wings and no frontal band. The greater amount of blue on the wing helps distinguish the Blue-winged parrot from the elegant parrot and the orange-bellied parrot. The latter two species have more yellow-green and bright green plumage overall respectively. 
Size
21 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Blue-winged Parrot primarily forage on the ground for grass seeds such as wallaby grass and capeweed. Flocks, varying from pairs to 2000, may join European goldfinches in Victoria. Their diet adapts seasonally, including sundew in Tasmania and lignum in Queensland.
Habitat
The blue-winged Parrot predominantly occupies eucalypt woodlands during the breeding season, often venturing into adjacent pastures, clearings, and orchards. Outside of the breeding season, they frequent similar environments but also range into diverse terrains, including Acacia scrublands, grasslands with sparse tree cover, arid regions dominated by saltbush Atriplex plains, as well as various coastal ecosystems comprising heaths, dunes, and saltmarshes.
Dite type
Granivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
The blue-winged parrot is found across southeastern Australia. In eastern South Australia, it is found north to the Flinders Ranges, and across Victoria. It is more sporadic across central and western New South Wales and into Queensland, as far north as Diamantina National Park. It lives in savannah woodland, grasslands, orchards, farmlands, marshes, heath, dunes, and other open habitats up to 1,200 m (3,937 ft) above sea level. It is one of only three species of parrot that make regular yearly migrations over a sea or ocean, with many members of the species flying between Tasmania, where they breed in spring and summer, and the mainland, where they winter. Some birds, however, do remain in Tasmania over the winter and some remain on the mainland to breed in the summer. It is a spring visitor to King Island in the Bass Strait.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Parrots Family
Parrots Genus
Grass parrots Species
Blue-winged Parrot 
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