Collection of assorted parrots and birds!

[witchy]

More from the wildlife park.

First up is one of my all time favourite parrots!..It's called a Major Mitchell. They are a Native Australian Parrot and are about 35-40 cm in height. Many people keep them as pets.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/witchy1/MajorMitchell-2resized.jpg

This parrot is called a Twenty Eight, unusual name I know, I am not sure how they came by this name! Our farmers consider them a pest as they eat the fruit on their fruit trees. In the Perth area they aren't really a problem unless you try to grow sunflowers like I did a few years ago, only to wake up and find they all have been completely stripped, LOL! A slightly smaller parrot than the one above :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/witchy1/TwentyeightParrot-1resized.jpg

This next bird is a Rainbow Loorikeet, it's a smaller parrot and when tame, very friendly. They are about 25-30 cms tall.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/witchy1/RainbowLoorikeet-1resized.jpg

This is an Eastern Rosella, beautiful bird but not native to Western Australia. It comes from the east coast of Australia.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/witchy1/EasternRosella-1resized.jpg

And lastly a crested pigeon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/witchy1/CrestedPigeon-2resized.jpg

[weemannie]

Lovely birds Witchy, beautiful colours!

Pity they have such odd names :)

[RockOne]

Nice shots.
The Twenty-eight parrot gets its name from the call of the subspecies found in King George Sound (near Albany?), which sounds like the words twenty-eight !
The Rosella is named after Rosehill, a suburb of Sydney. They are fairly common around here, but they are very flighty and hard to get close to !

[witchy]

Thanks for that info Steve, very interesting!

[tupe]

Nice pics, witchy! I love parrots. And the crested pigeon is fascinating!

[cfcRebel]

Wow beautiful birds! I like the Rosella and the crested pigeon.

[witchy]

Thankyou Tupe and cfcrebel :)