Swift Parrot

Lathamus discolor

Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3879 20210622

Notes: Slender, long tail, brightly coloured. Green w. red patches on forehead, lores,
throat, elbows. Yellow eye, bill pale horn. Dark blue on forehead, wing leading edge.
Red underwing coverts. Juvenile has pale under-wing bar. Call mellow, tinkling chattering.
Gregarious. Migratory - breeds E Tas summer, winter SE Aus. Feeds on blossom nectar, lerp.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified) Breeds East Tasmania in summer, winters in SE mainland Aus.

Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_4181 20210622 - adult on left, young 3rd from right. Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3992 20210622 Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_4118 20210622 - male Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3934 20210622 Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3944 20210622 Stuarts Bay, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_8664 20200208 - young: pale underwing bar. Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic MVI_3739+3745 20210621 Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3876+4040 20210622 Lysterfield Lake Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3936 20210622

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