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Neophema chrysogaster

(Orange-Bellied Parakeet)

Overview

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Critically Endangered

Threat status

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Orange-Bellied Parakeet, Orange-Bellied Parrot

Common Names in French:

Perruche à Lunettes Vertes, Perruche à Ventre Orange

Common Names in German:

Goldbauchsittich

Common Names in Japanese:

アカハラワカバインコ

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater

Ecology: It breeds in a mosaic of eucalypt forest and rainforest bordering extensive moorland plains . It nests in hollows, feeding on grass and sedge seed from surrounding moorlands. After breeding, it disperses to saltmarshes, dunes, beaches, pastures and shrublands close to the coast.[1]


List of Habitats :1.4Forest - Temperate 5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands 12.2Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars , Spits , Etc 12.5Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) 13.3Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Sand Dunes 13.4Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes 14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Neophema

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. bourki · N. bourkii (BourkeÌs Parrot) · N. chrysogaster (Orange-Bellied Parakeet) · N. chrysostoma (Blue-Winged Parrot) · N. chrysostoma chrysostoma (Blue-Winged Parrot) · N. chrysostoma ssp · N. chrysotoma · N. elegans (Elegant Parrot) · N. elegans carteri · N. elegans elegans (Elegant Parrot) · N. petrophila (Rock Parrot) · N. petrophila petrophila (Rock Parrot) · N. petrophila zietzi · N. puchella · N. pulchella (Turquoise Parakeet) · N. splendida (Scarlet-Chested Parakeet)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
Last Revised: 7/2/2009