Male Australian King-Parrots are the only Australian parrots with a completely red head. Females are similar to males except that they have a completely green head and breast. Both sexes have a red belly and a green back, with green wings and a long green tail. King parrots are normally encountered in pairs or family groups.
Listen to the loud, high-pitched whistle in the audio file below.
King-Parrots are found along the east coast and ranges of Australia, ranging from Cooktown in Queensland through to Port Campbell in Victoria.
This one was recorded at Lake Parramatta, Parramatta, NSW, on an Owl UVSW3 acoustic recorder.
This is the spectrogram of the call using the Chirpty, an easy-to-use, accessible app developed to aid the successful identification of bird calls within acoustic recordings. What makes it even better is that it has a FREE option.
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