8 Princess Parrot at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Polytelis alexandrae | 14 Feb 2025 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Polytelis swainsonii | 13 Feb 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Polytelis alexandrae | 13 Feb 2025 | kasiaaus |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Probably an escapee. Seemed quite healthy and unafraid.
2 comments
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
13 Feb 2025
Yes, a long way out of range so surely not a wild bird. Stunning colours.
HaukeKoch
wrote:
19 Feb 2025
Saw one twice in Weston Creek early November last year. Maybe it's the same one: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250767174
Location information
- Coordinates 149.048458-35.208535
- Altitude 618.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Feb 2025 05:49 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Parrots Birds Significant Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 Priority Species
Species information
- Polytelis alexandrae Scientific name
- Princess Parrot Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 618m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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