Stats

Lifespan: 5-10 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Desert
Range: Australia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Herd Safety
Status: Uncommon

About

A small, long-tailed seed-eating parrot from Australia's arid interior, beloved worldwide as a pet. Wild flocks can swell to thousands of birds that wheel across the outback as a single shimmering green cloud.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2.
hatchling
A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4.
adult
Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Melopsittacus
Species: Melopsittacus undulatus