Princess parrot (Polytelis alexandrae)
Princess Parrot FACTS
Life Span: 15 - 30 years
Body Size:
Male: 45 - 50cm
Female: 39 - 41cm
Princess Parrot Body Weights:
Male: 120g
Female 110g
The princess parrot polytelis alexandrae has always been a particular favourite of mine. This beautiful streamlined, colourful Australian parrot is one of the most popular kept birds in aviculture.
Apart from their pleasing colours their long, graceful shape also adds to their desirability, but even this is surpassed by their enchanting friendly character. They are easy to care for, and they can learn to talk and whistle. Both sexes make excellent pets, they are very affectionate, and highly curious birds.
Distribution: The princess parrot lives in some of the driest, remote interior parts of Australia. Due to the arid environment in which they live this bird has become a specialised nomadic species covering huge distances to find food and water. The wild population numbers is unknown as the princess parrot covers and extremely large area.
Male: The male crown and forehead is blue-grey, neck and back olive-green, chest is greyish-green, wing coverts lime-green, primaries dull blue an elongated spatula feather, throat, thighs and lower flanks rose pink, lower back and rump purple, extremely long central tail feathers, beak bright orange.
Female: At first glance the female appears to be similar in colour. A closer inspection reveals some small distinguishing features. The shading on the female crown and forehead greyish-mauve. The rump is duller less purple and more blue-grey. And most females have shorter tails. The beak colouration isn't as bright as the male and keeps some brown colouration.
Sexing: Princess Parrots are sexually dimorphic, meaning both male and female can easy be determined by observing the different feather colours and beak colouration. The male beak is a brighter orange while the hen beak is a duller colour, closer to the colour of a young bird and in most cases still showing some brown. At approximate twelve to eighteen months of age, males develop a peculiar spatule feather sometimes growing to 20mm (1") long on the tip of each of the third primaries wing feathers. At this stage there is no difficulty in sexing princess Parrots.
Conclusion:
The normal Princess Parrot has always been very popular. It is exciting times for the Princess Parrot enthusiast as there are several beautiful mutations becoming available. With the emergence of more new beautiful mutations appearing every year, Princess Parrots are growing in popularity. And there are many more mutations under development, some are slowly coming onto the market as numbers grow. If you genuinely love birds then there can be no more beautiful, wonderful and worthwhile bird than the Princess Parrot to adore your aviaries.
Princess Parrot FACTS
Life Span: 15 - 30 years
Body Size:
Male: 45 - 50cm
Female: 39 - 41cm
Princess Parrot Body Weights:
Male: 120g
Female 110g
The princess parrot polytelis alexandrae has always been a particular favourite of mine. This beautiful streamlined, colourful Australian parrot is one of the most popular kept birds in aviculture.
Apart from their pleasing colours their long, graceful shape also adds to their desirability, but even this is surpassed by their enchanting friendly character. They are easy to care for, and they can learn to talk and whistle. Both sexes make excellent pets, they are very affectionate, and highly curious birds.
Distribution: The princess parrot lives in some of the driest, remote interior parts of Australia. Due to the arid environment in which they live this bird has become a specialised nomadic species covering huge distances to find food and water. The wild population numbers is unknown as the princess parrot covers and extremely large area.
Male: The male crown and forehead is blue-grey, neck and back olive-green, chest is greyish-green, wing coverts lime-green, primaries dull blue an elongated spatula feather, throat, thighs and lower flanks rose pink, lower back and rump purple, extremely long central tail feathers, beak bright orange.
Female: At first glance the female appears to be similar in colour. A closer inspection reveals some small distinguishing features. The shading on the female crown and forehead greyish-mauve. The rump is duller less purple and more blue-grey. And most females have shorter tails. The beak colouration isn't as bright as the male and keeps some brown colouration.
Sexing: Princess Parrots are sexually dimorphic, meaning both male and female can easy be determined by observing the different feather colours and beak colouration. The male beak is a brighter orange while the hen beak is a duller colour, closer to the colour of a young bird and in most cases still showing some brown. At approximate twelve to eighteen months of age, males develop a peculiar spatule feather sometimes growing to 20mm (1") long on the tip of each of the third primaries wing feathers. At this stage there is no difficulty in sexing princess Parrots.
Conclusion:
The normal Princess Parrot has always been very popular. It is exciting times for the Princess Parrot enthusiast as there are several beautiful mutations becoming available. With the emergence of more new beautiful mutations appearing every year, Princess Parrots are growing in popularity. And there are many more mutations under development, some are slowly coming onto the market as numbers grow. If you genuinely love birds then there can be no more beautiful, wonderful and worthwhile bird than the Princess Parrot to adore your aviaries.
