What species is this little guy?

[SmithVN]

Hi everyone, just wondering whether anyone would be able to identify this little chap. He's a client of the Veterinary Surgery I work at and we were hoping to get a little more in-depth information about his care for the owner, but we can't seem to identify him! He has a very shallow-set beak, similar to a parrotlet.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Tonkatiel]

Could easily be very wrong, but is it a Bourkes parakeet??

 

[crimson]

he appears to be from the australian grass parakeet family
there are many different species.
he's a pretty little guy, but his poop is off, hope there is nothing serious wrong with him.
here is a link to images of the grass parakeet family:

https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&...akeet&oq=australian+grass+parakeet&gs_l=img.3.

 

[Jtbirds]

I'm going with crimson as well as that is what he looks like to me... Kinda hard to say without seeing is whole chest display I suppose, but taking a guess at what it looks like Australian grass parrot species sounds spot on.

 

[MonicaMc]

Bourke parakeets don't have red and they are definitely not green birds.

I was thinking Scarlet Chested but now I think I'm going to go with Turquoise. There's some red in the wings that Scarlet Chested typically don't have, unless this is a hybrid?

Neophema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[coral3]

It *almost* looks like an orange-bellied parrot, Neophema chrysogaster. - almost, perhaps not quite. The Orange-bellied Parrot has been ranked as one of the world's rarest and most endangered species.

orange bellied parrot - Google Search

Parks & Wildlife Service - Orange-bellied parrot


ETA: just looking at the Turquoise pics, thinking that's more likely (?)

 

[MonicaMc]

Orange bellies aren't really available in the pet trade considering how endangered they are... if they are in the pet trade, they should be in a breeding program!

In short, not likely!



It would probably help to know the age of the bird as well as where the bird is located.