#australian ringneck

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a flock of "28" parrots {sub: australian ringneck parrot} has moved in with the intention of helping themselves to the chicken feed

cheeky parrots

more pics to come

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Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

© Derek Henderson

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Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

© Derek Henderson

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[463/10,977] Australian Ringneck - Barnardius zonarius

Order: Psittaciformes (parrots) Superfamily: Psittacoidea (true parrots) Family: Psittaculidae (Asian and Australasian parrots) Subfamily: Platycercinae

Photo credit: John Van Doorn via Macaulay Library

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A new variant has been added!

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius) © Unknown

It hatches from arid, green, harsh, large, separate, suburban, and yellow eggs.

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#1992 - Barnardius zonarius -Australian Ringneck

AKA Twenty-eight Parrot, Mallee, Port Lincoln, Banded or Cloncurry Ringneck, Buln Buln, and to the the Nyungar of Southwest Australia, dowarn [pronounced dow’awn] and doomolok [dorm’awe’lawk].  First described as Psittacus zonarius by English naturalist George Shaw and later as Platycercus zonarius, when it was considered one of the admittedly closely related Rosellas.

Edward Barnard (1786–1861), was an English civil servant, zoologist, horticulturalist and Agent-Gen. for the Crown Colonies 1825–1861. Twenty-eight is an onomatopoeic derived from its distinctive call, which sounds like "twenty-eight" (or possibly the French equivalent, '"vingt-huit").

There are four subspecies across Australia, in all environments bar the highest mountains and most extreme tropics. 

These parrots are quite common in Perth, but are being out-competed for nesting space by the Rainbow Lorikeet from the East Coast. As a result, the lorikeets are culled, leading to such interesting sights for freshly-arrived tourists as dead and dying lorikeets strewn across the airport car park.

Ringnecks are usually seen in pairs - in this case, it was two pairs, screaming at each other. See this interview with Tim Low about why Australian birds are generally utter bastards (and how songbirds originated in Australia)

This photo was taken in Wellard, Perth, but we certainly saw some on Culeenup Island. Unfortunately, they’re incresaingly being replaced in Wellard by the Rainbow Parakeets.

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Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

© Derek Henderson

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First sighting.

Port Lincoln family, Australian Ringneck Parrot

On my travels, Cleve, Sth Australia

I've been lucky enough to have sighted all three variants of the Australian Ringneck Parrot. Yay me. Only another gazillion birds to be sighted.

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me: i won’t get more pets also me: but indian ringneck parrots are so cute... i love them...

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Exploring the Southern Flinders Ranges.....Kanyaka Ruins

A window view of the area around Kanyaka Ruins Dear Reader: There are patches of low scrub and gravelly, ochre shaded soil on either side of the dirt road leading to the ruins. We are not expecting to see much wildlife on this exposed track. A pair of adult Emus surprise us as they dash across the road and I have just enough time to grab the camera from the console and fire off a few…

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Australian Ringneck Parrot (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, WA, Australia

This subspecies of the Ringneck is also called the Twenty-Eight Parrot.

photograph by Pantong Mark Davwar

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Hognose are like the mild spice level. Proper hots range from habanero level up. And then snakes we didn’t realize are venomous for ages because their venom is so medically insignificant are like ketchup level (I believe some or many garters are here). Because there’s people who call ketchup spicy.

Absolutely loving this scale for categorizing snake venom by "spiciness." Going to try to get this to catch on in my workplace.

Ketchup: some garter snakes, ringnecks, other teeny-tiny rear-fanged guys

Bell pepper (mild symptoms): hognoses

Banana peppers (usually mild but can be annoying if you're sensitive): false water cobras

Jalapeños (got a little bit of a kick!): mangrove snakes, some small Australian elapids like bandy-bandys

Cayennes (getting into the real venom now, but won't kill you even if you don't seek medical attention but you should definitely seek medical attention anyway): small rattlesnakes, European vipers

Habaneros (serious venom, won't kill you but you'll need medical attention if you don't want long-term effects): copperheads, most rattlesnakes

Ghost peppers (seriously life-threatening without care): most vipers, including big rattlesnakes, bushmasters, lanceheads, etc.

Trinidad scorpion peppers (seriously and quickly life-threatening, need to get medical care within at least 8 hours): most elapids, including cobras and most Australian elapids

Carolina reapers (can become a serious emergency within an hour): king cobras, mambas, inland taipans

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Australian Ringneck Parrot, South Australia 

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Australian Ringneck at Cocoparra National Park in New South Wales, AU. X

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Australian ringneck

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I guess I have a dog blog now! My intent is to use this as a sort of digital scrapbook as we raise and train our sweet, nervous puppy.

Us: Myself (Wolfie, main blog wraisedbywolves) and my husband Chris. We both grew up with dogs and have had one previous dog as adults/as a couple, but have never raised a puppy or pursued higher level training/dog sports before. Wish us luck.

Her: Peregrine, aka Pippin, Pip, etc. Named after the bird, for her sharp face markings. She’s a husky/australian cattle dog with a little pit and lab. She was adopted from a local SPCA but was shipped up to New York State from another shelter in Alabama where she and her sister were surrendered at just 5 weeks old. She started out very nervous and cautious, with a tendency to shut down rather than react to things that scare her, but is building confidence and doing great. Our hope is to build on that confidence and encourage her smarts by pursuing a canine good citizen certification and hopefully getting her involved in agility or another dog sport!

Other household members: Two pigeons (Damian Wings and Hildegarde of Bingham), two ringneck doves (Charlemagne and Divine Justinia), and two rabbits (Merlin and Dora the Angora). First priority with training is to make sure Pip can live peacefully with them, although they’ll likely always be kept in separate spaces for safety.