Zephyr's Feathered RainbowNeophema Parakeets |
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Gentle Birds with Soft Voices | |||||
The Neophema parakeets are the quietest and gentlest of all parrots, so gentle, in fact, that they can be kept in a plastic mesh finch aviary without leaving a scratch! Although the Bourke's Parakeet has been recently assigned its own genus Neopsephotus, it does share many physical, behavioural and dietary characteristics with the Neophemas. | |||||
Bourke's Parakeets |
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Neopsephotus bourkii | |||||
19cm (7½in), 40-50g (1½-1¾oz) Australian grass parakeet. Formerly included in the neophema genus. Friendly and docile, usually compatible with finches and quail. Males have a brown back with yellow lacing on the wings, a pink abdomen, brown towards the throat, and a blue forehead, shoulders, and flight feathers, and a turquoise rump. Females have more brown and less blue and pink, they usually lack the blue forehead completely. Mutations can be sexed by behaviour, once mature. |
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Turquoisine Parakeets |
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Neophema pulchella | |||||
20cm (8in), 40-45g (1½oz) Australian grass parakeet. Somewhat shy, but hardy and usually compatible with finches and quail. Can be kept in a colony. When hand-fed, they are very personable! Males have a green back, yellow front, turquoise face & shoulders & flight feathers, and red wing patch. Hen have a smaller face patch, white-yellow in front of the eyes, and a green chest. Adult hens lack the red wing patch, but juvenile females may show 2-3 red feathers there. |
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