Parrots (Psittacidae)
Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius) - HBW 4, p. 381
French: Perruche multicolore
German: Vielfarbensittich
Spanish: Perico Variado
Other common names: Many-coloured Parrot
Taxonomy: Psephotus varius Clark, 1910, apparently the head of Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
Sometimes placed in genus Platycercus. Monotypic.
Distribution: SC Australia from extreme W to interior SE.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male bathing and a female joining Locality Cocoparra National Park, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2004 6 years ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A male bathing Locality Cocoparra National Park, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2004 6 years ago 22 sec 4.7 -
A male feeding on the ground Locality Brookfield Conservation Park, South Australia, Australia (ssp Monotyic species)
Nick Talbot 31 August 2007 5 years ago 11 sec 4.4 -
A male feeding on flowers and scratching itself Locality Brookfield Conservation Park, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 14 April 2006 6 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
A pair in courtship feeding Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2003 6 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A female on a trunk and then feeding on the ground Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 March 2004 6 years ago 22 sec 4.2
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Adult male perched in the early morning light
Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 6 January 2013 18 weeks ago 4.4 -
This beautiful adult male has just arrived at a local water point to drink.
Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 11 January 2013 18 weeks ago 4.2 -
Female perched on a branch at sunrise
Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 6 January 2013 18 weeks ago 4 -
Male perched on high dead branch.
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Chris Charles 20 September 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Male Mulga Parrot feeding on berries
Locality Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 22 May 2008 1 year ago 3.4 -
A female perched.
Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 2 years ago 3.4
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