#polytelis

[herpsandbirds]

Regent Parrot or Rock Pebbler (Polytelis anthopeplus), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, found across southern Australia

photograph by Jan Wegener

[rattyexplores]

The Regent parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus), though the shots I got made it hard for me to confirm that.

[andreasecli]

🦌 Colors of parrots ❤️💛💚💙 Nuovo dipinto acrilico su tela 100 x 120 cm 🎨

[herpsandbirds]

Regent Parrot or Rock Pebbler (Polytelis anthopeplus), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, SW Australia

photograph by Andrew Haysom

[herpsandbirds]

Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii), male, family Psittaculidae, ACT, Australia

photograph by Danny Lloyd Photography

[herpsandbirds]

Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii), male, family Psittaculidae, Canberra, ACT, Australia

photograph by JJ Harrison 

[drhoz]

#3661 - Polytelis anthopeplus - Regent Parrot

AKA, here in the SW, as Waukanga and Wouk-un-ga, and Walkinger, yalop and wookonga. Common names in English include rock pebbler, rock peplar (probably onomatopoeic) , Murray smoker, Marlock parakeet, yellow king-parrot and regent parakeet.

Originally described and illustrated in 1831 by Edward Lear - the same Lear that wrote The Owl and the Pussycat and other nonsense verse - but he named the male and female as different species. Unhelpfully, it didn't include location info for the parrots, nor type specimen information, so for the next 189 years there was considerable confusion as to where he got them from, which subspecies was which, and where they lived. As of 2010, the western subspecies is P. a. anthopeplus and the Eastern P. anthopeplus monarchoides.

Common in eucalyptus woodlands in Southern Australia, although the eastern subspecies is considered vulnerable. Here in Western Australia, they're considered an agricultural pest, since the diet is mostly grass seed.

Madora Bay, Perth.

[amywhoisawesome]

polytelis replied to your post:LAVERNE COX FAVORITED MY TWEET ABOUT GOING TO SEE...

SO JEAL

:')

I ALSO GOT A PICTURE WITH HER (and some random other student who was also there alone and they grouped us together to get the line moving quicker lol awks) AND WHEN I GET THE PICTURE TOMORROW I'LL POST IT (if I don't look awful) (who cares I'll post it anyway)