Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)

The Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) is endemic to eastern Australia. It is found in humid and heavily forested upland regions of the eastern portion of the continent, including eucalyptus wooded areas in and directly adjacent to subtropical and temperate rainforest. They feed on fruits, seeds or small insects.  If you would like to see them in the wild, check out my series on how to get to Australia.  With their brilliant red-orange and green colouring, they are easily spotted and there are several places such as O’Reilly’s in Queensland where they come in close and even land on people to get some free food.

Australian King Parrot Range

Here’s a nice video of them in their native habitat.