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The critically endangered Swift Parrot is small parrot about 25 cm long. It has bright green with red around the bill, throat and forehead. The red on its throat is edged with yellow and its crown is blue-purple with bright red patches under the wings. One of most distinctive features from a distance is its long (12 cm), thin tail, which is dark red.

Swift Parrots breed only in Tasmania and then fly across to the mainland to forage on the flowering eucalypts in open box–ironbark forests. While on the mainland, they are nomadic, spending weeks or months at some sites and only a few hours at others, determined by the supply of nectar. During dry years, when the eucalypts’ flowering is poor, Swift Parrots are forced to travel far and wide to find sufficient food, and may congregate into large flocks at sites where it is available.

Acrylic on paper, 22cm x 44cm

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Description
The critically endangered Swift Parrot is small parrot about 25 cm long. It has bright green with red around the bill, throat and forehead. The red on its throat is edged with yellow and its crown is blue-purple with bright red patches under the wings. One of most distinctive features from a distance is its long (12 cm), thin tail, which is dark red.

Swift Parrots breed only in Tasmania and then fly across to the mainland to forage on the flowering eucalypts in open box–ironbark forests. While on the mainland, they are nomadic, spending weeks or months at some sites and only a few hours at others, determined by the supply of nectar. During dry years, when the eucalypts’ flowering is poor, Swift Parrots are forced to travel far and wide to find sufficient food, and may congregate into large flocks at sites where it is available.

Acrylic on paper, 22cm x 44cm

Connect with me on:
Facebook
Youtube
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Purchase my original art
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© Tracie MacVean. All rights reserved.