Identify this parrot?

[Quantumcat]

I have seen these guys many times before and have always wondered what they were. I saw some more this morning.

They are about the size of a cockatiel with a long, thin straight tail and a little black beak and I think I didn't see any iris around their eyes. The male's (I assume) feathers have a shiny mother-of-pearl texture to them. They are green all over except yellowy-green near the chest. The edges of the wings are plain brownish. Between the wings is a big red spot. The female (I assume) is dull and sparrow-coloured except greenish in between the wings down to the tail.

I tried to take a photo with my phone but it didn't turn out. There were two males and a female foraging in the grass and two males in two different birch trees nearby. One of the males in the trees looked like he didn't have a tail! Maybe injury, maybe a sub-species?

I am located in the central west of NSW but I am fairly sure I have seen them in Canberra also.

 

[Bobby34231]

Hard to say, sounds like some sort of grass keet, maybe a red rump parakeet, only one that comes to mind offhand thats sort of drab green with a yellowish chest and a red spot between the wings, though some color mutations can be quite beautiful with turquoise and blues and bright greens...

 

[Aussie Ben]

Yep Bobby is right, definitely red rumps, I have a few photos I have managed to snap, they are very shy birds. I will try and find them

 

[Aussie Ben]

Its a terrible photo, but are these the birds? I found these guys along the Murray, but I have seen them down in the city too (I'm in SA).

 

[Bobby34231]

Looks like two males there Ben, the hen is usually a lot less colorful..... Hen on left, male on the right...

 

[Aussie Ben]

Looks like two males there Ben, the hen is usually a lot less colorful.....

Yea I noticed that, not sure where the females were on that particular day. Maybe back at the nest? I'm not too familiar with their behaviour.

 

[Bobby34231]

Looks like two males there Ben, the hen is usually a lot less colorful.....

Yea I noticed that, not sure where the females were on that particular day. Maybe back at the nest? I'm not too familiar with their behaviour.

Probably at the beauty shope fetting their feathers done and a pedicure , I'm sure I'm gonna catch heck for that comment....lol

 

[Quantumcat]

Yup, those are the ones! Funny you say they are shy, they let me within a metre or so before they edged away. Red rumps is a funny name, it makes me think of baboons.

 

[Aussie Ben]

Probably at the beauty shope fetting their feathers done and a pedicure , I'm sure I'm gonna catch heck for that comment....lol

You are a brave person

Yup, those are the ones! Funny you say they are shy, they let me within a metre or so before they edged away. Red rumps is a funny name, it makes me think of baboons.

Well shy in comparison to most other parrots around here I spose. Yea the name is kinda funny, but it is true, they do have big red bums.

 

[Bobby34231]

Yup, those are the ones! Funny you say they are shy, they let me within a metre or so before they edged away. Red rumps is a funny name, it makes me think of baboons.

Think of mandrill's instead, they look sort of like a baboon but with a color splash

 

[Aussie Ben]

Yup, those are the ones! Funny you say they are shy, they let me within a metre or so before they edged away. Red rumps is a funny name, it makes me think of baboons.

Think of mandrill's instead, they look sort of like a baboon but with a color splash

'Baboon' sounds funnier

 

[Bobby34231]

I'm fairly proud of myself for being able to ID the bird with limited clues and not even being an Aussie at that....lol

 

[Aussie Ben]

I'm fairly proud of myself for being able to ID the bird with limited clues and not even being an Aussie at that....lol

Not hard, we're not all that bright....now I'm the one who is brave lol

 

[Bobby34231]

I'm fairly proud of myself for being able to ID the bird with limited clues and not even being an Aussie at that....lol

Not hard, we're not all that bright....now I'm the one who is brave lol

i'm not all that bright either :32:, thats why I was fairly proud of myself

 

[Aussie Ben]

I'm fairly proud of myself for being able to ID the bird with limited clues and not even being an Aussie at that....lol

Not hard, we're not all that bright....now I'm the one who is brave lol

i'm not all that bright either :32:, thats why I was fairly proud of myself

And I'm proud of you too :35::35::35: