Hooded Parrot
Psephotellus dissimilis
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5614 20180804 - male (black hood) & female (grey-brown hood).
Notes: Male: bold colours — black hood to below eye,
broad bright yellow shoulder patch.
Female: greener, muted colours,
cap grey-brown, face w. some blue. Juvenile: bill orange-
yellow at
first. Feeds on the ground. Breeds in a tunnel dug into termite mound.
Range from Morcombe©
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5683 20180805 - male
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5716 20180805 - male. CLICK for another view.
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5627 20180804 - female
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5651 20180805 - female. CLICK for another view.
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5694 20180805 - immature male, a little younger. CLICK for another view.
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5345 20180804 - immature male, a little older. CLICK for another view.
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5577+MVI_5580 20180804 - male