Parrots (Psittacidae)
Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster) - HBW 4, p. 378
French: Perruche à bonnet bleu
German: Blutbauchsittich
Spanish: Perico Cariazul
Taxonomy: Platycercus hæmatogaster Gould, 1838, New South Wales.
Sometimes included in Psephotus or Platycercus. Race narethae may be incipient species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- haematorrhous (Gould, 1865) - S Queensland and N New South Wales.
- haematogaster (Gould, 1838) - W & S New South Wales and NW Victoria to SE South Australia.
- pallescens (Salvadori, 1891) - inland South Australia.
- narethae (H. L. White, 1921) - SE Western Australia to SW South Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair looking for nest material, then the female eating on a tree and the male perched. Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (ssp haematogaster)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A pair on the nest side, male feeds the female Locality Murray River, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Max Roth 7 September 2005 4 years ago 53 sec 3.7 -
An adult feeding on the ground Locality Brookfield Conservation Park, South Australia, Australia (ssp haematogaster)
Nick Talbot 15 September 2007 5 years ago 10 sec 3.6 -
An adult taking off Locality Brookfield Conservation Park, South Australia, Australia (ssp haematogaster)
Nick Talbot 15 September 2007 5 years ago n/a 3.6 -
A bird on a branch, preening Locality Murray River, South Australia, Australia
Max Roth 7 September 2005 4 years ago 35 sec 3.5 -
Two birds perched. Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (ssp haematogaster )
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 27 sec 3.3
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A pair perched on a barbed-wire fence, female nearer camera
Locality Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia (ssp haematorrhous)
Geoffrey Dabb 27 September 2009 1 year ago 4 -
in eucalypt
Locality Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (ssp haematogaster)
Michael Retter 30 October 2009 3 years ago 3.3 -
Perched
Locality Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 17 August 2011 1 year ago 2.3 -
Male foraging
Locality Dirranbandi, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 30 July 2006 2 years ago 2 -
A female perched.
Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (ssp haematogaster)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 2 -
A male perched.
Locality Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria, Australia (ssp haematogaster)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2009 2 years ago 2
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