The Field Guide

Pet Birds

Pet Birds articles from Beauty of Birds: expert, ethical guidance on caring for and training pet birds.

Green Rosellas

The Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) – also known as Caledonia Parrot, Green Parrot, Green Rosella, Mountain Parrot, Tasmanian Rosella, Yellow-bellied

Golden-mantled Rosellas

The Golden-mantled Rosella (Platycercus eximius elecica / Platycercus eximius ceciliae) – also known as Cecilia’s Rosella – is native to South-eastern

Fig Parrots

Fig-parrots are distributed throughout various regions of New Guinea and Australia, where they can be found primarily in fruit-bearing trees, especially fig

Eastern Rosellas

The Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius, is a parrot native to southeast Australia and Tasmania. It has also been introduced to New Zealand.

Two blue and gold macaws face to face, one holding a red berry in its beak

Cockatoos (family Cacatuidae)

Native to Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, there are over 40 species. These can be divided into two main groupmims – the white cockatoos and the

Cloncurry Parrots

The Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi, formerly Platycercus barnardi macgillivrayi) is native to North-western Queensland, adjacent eastern

Blue Bonnet Parrots

The Blue Bonnet or Yellow-vented Blue-bonnet Parrot (Northiella haematogaster haemetogaster or Psephotus haematogaster haematogaster) is endemic to western

King Parrots

The lavishly colored, long-tailed King Parrots originate from the East coast of Australia, New Guinea, and various Indonesian islands

Adelaide Rosellas

The Adelaide Rosella (Platycercus adelaidae) is endemic to South Australia. This was thought to be a separate species, but is presently believed to have

Rodriguez Parrots

The Rodrigues Parrot (Necropsittacus rodericanus) is an extinct species of parrot which once lived on the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It is known from

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