Adult male
I do not think that any country in the world is richer than Australia in different species of the parrot tribe; and brilliant as many of them are in their colours, to my fancy there is none to equal the King Parrot (Aprosmictus scapulatus of naturalists*), nearly the size of the magpie at home; the body colour of a rich glossy purple green, with a breast of flaming red. The king parrot, as he floats from one green tree to another, is one of the most splendid objects in the Australian bush...
"An Old Bushman", 1865
The Intellectual Observer
Adult female (and below)
Juvenile male
Camera shy
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*Now Alisterus scapularis
