#1107 · 🐦 birds

Australian King Parrot

🇳🇱 Australische Koningsparkiet ·Alisterus scapularis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The Australian king parrot ( Alisterus scapularis ) is endemic to eastern Australia ranging from Cooktown in Queensland through to Port Campbell in Victoria. Found in humid and heavily forested upland regions of the eastern portion of the continent, including eucalyptus wooded areas in and directly adjacent to subtropical and temperate rainforest. They feed on fruits and seeds gathered from trees or on the ground.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 21,326iNaturalist observations
weight 13.3 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
21,326 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 13 g.
Scientifically named by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1818 (208 years ago).