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Slender, long-tailed parrot restricted to a tiny range in tropical savanna woodland in far northern Queensland.
At a glance
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Range map
Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Wings pale grayish brown with yellow band. Female primarily green with turquoise wash on face and underparts. This species digs tunnels in termite mounds in order to breed.
Male a striking turquoise color, with red lower belly, tiny black cap, and yellow forecrown.
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