tiabunna's photos with the keyword: Alisterus scapularis

A King Parrot (male) visiting our bird feeding bowl. These are native to the Australian east coast. Tomorrow I am heading away for a while, and expect limited internet. Enjoy yourselves everyone. Explored.

A King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) who dropped in for a visit. These are large but quite timid and, although he wanted to visit our feeder, a smaller Crimson Rosella easily kept him away. Explored.

A pair of King Parrots, the female nearest (no, she does not become a queen). A short while previously she appeared to have reprimanded her more colourful partner for having too much seed on his beak (see note). These are wild birds at our feeder. Here's a musical link - a little tenuous, I admit. :-) Explored.

A local King Parrot who often comes visiting for some seed and a drink. Another shot of him shortly after in the note, when some seeds stuck to his wet beak. Explored. The video is unrelated, but from the small island of Ambrym, part of the island nation of Vanuatu devastated this weekend by a huge Category 5 cyclone. We visited there some years ago, shortly after a Category 1 cyclone, and they had been badly hit by that. All I can say is that our thoughts are very much with the lovely people there, in the absence (yet) of news. This is the traditional 'Rom Dance' : the costumes are used once then discarded so that spirits do not linger. The other men wear little more than 'nambas', essentially a p*n*s sheath. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD30nwKuF-U

King parrots are among the less frequent visitors to our feed bowl, so it is always a delight when they come. The bright tangerine colour shows this is an adult male.

Immature King Parrot. RMC Tokina 200/3.5