I took this picture in our backyard on the south coast of NSW. It looks like some sort of parrot but I can't identify it. Help anyone?
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I'm not sure but clearly not a native and probably escaped from a nearby aivary
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Rose-ringed Parakeet, usually called Indian Ringneck in Australia. lutino mutation.
Try catching it and making an advertisment or donate to local petshop.
Thanks folks. Yep - it does indeed look like the Indian Ringneck. I hope she enjoys her freedom!
Unfortunately its freedom is fraught with danger, this parrot's wild colour is usually a shade of green and it likes being in a flock for security as like most parrots they are highly sociable, a bird with such a conspicuous colour and all alone will undoubtedly come to the attention of a predator like a cat or hawk. Feel very sorry for it.
For Australian birds, natives=life, exotics=death, so do them a favour and go plant some natives and save their lives.
:-(
This bird also has a considerable history as an invasive species, e.g. in the UK where it has established from escapees, thus may be considered an undesirable bird to have in the wild in areas outside its natural range.
The introduced populations are all the wild green form though, as the yellow is very unlikely to survive longterm for the reasons outlined by doublebar; hence my suggestion of a capture attempt.
Thanks for the comments Zosterops. I take your point - invasive species are a real issue, particularly in Australia. I didn't have the option of capturing it however. It disappeared quite quickly. Will keep an eye out and see if it turns up again.
In regards to "invasive species" if that parrot could think and talk he would tell us that no other animal or plant has been more destructive and invasive than homo sapiens. Displacing flora and fauna without a care. Let's not condemn animals anymore, they're totally innocent.
For Australian birds, natives=life, exotics=death, so do them a favour and go plant some natives and save their lives.
Yep - I agree Doublebar. Man seems to have a unique talent for damaging the environment.
I'm not sure I would want to encourage invasive Indian Ringnecks notwithstanding humans' invasive environmental destructions.
Even in their introduced range they haven't managed to penetrate natural systems, like many introduced species it seems they can colonise and exist only where extensive human land modification has occurred (in fact in the UK they are largely dependent on artifiical feeding in winter, and raid human's crops during the warmer months).