Australian Ringneck
Barnardius zonarius
Balladonia Road House, SC WA IMG_2568 20181116 - zonarius yellow belly. Female: brownish-black head.
Notes: Like GISS of rosella but lemon-yellow hindcollar. Ssp zonarius Port Lincoln Parrot: yellow
belly; male black forehead. Ssp semitorquatus Twenty-eight Parrot: Like zonarius but abdomen,
undertail coverts uniformly green; red frontal band. Ssp barnardi Mallee Ringneck: broad red
frontal band; irregular orange breastband. Ssp macgillivrayi Cloncurry Ringneck: pastel version
of Mallee but lacks red frontal band; yellow, not orange, on abdomen.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©
Balladonia Road House, SC WA IMG_2559 20181116 - zonarius yellow belly. Male: black head.
Yanchep NP, Wanneroo, SW WA IMG_7360 20181012 - semitorquatus
Australind, SW WA IMG_8323 20181021 - semitorquatus undertail coverts & abdomen uniformly green.Juvenile & usually female: narrow pale underwing stripe.
Lake Kramen, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, NW Vic IMG_8618 20210411 - barnardi broad red frontal-band.
Bowra Sanctuary, Cunnamulla, S Qld IMG_5969 20180616 - barnardi broad orange band across green abdomen;broad red frontal-band.
Coal Seam Reserve, W WA MVI_3975 20090626- zonarius
Australind, SW WA MVI_8278 20181020 - semitorquatus
Bowra Sanctuary, Cunnamulla, S Qld MVI_6024 20180616 - barnardi