Australian King Parrots have unique coloring for each gender

in FreeSpeech8 days ago

I've only seen these birds in videos, perhaps where I'm staying and the fact that I'm an introvert is not helping at all but I wish to one day see one in person.

I used Gemini to make the picture, this is as real as I could make it and I don't have photos of my own or good free stock ones of these parrots

This is the Australian King Parrot. I had both the male and female in the image created because the colors you'll see depends on which gender the parrot is.

The males have a full, complete red head, no other parrot in Australia can say they have that so it makes the males really unique.

The females have a green head, green neck, pretty much a lot of green with the exception of the belly. So from the image above you could easily tell which is male and which is female. The difference in color makes them look like they don’t even belong in the same species but there's good resemblance of course.

They mostly hang out on the east coast. Their typical place like a lot of birds is in forests, but some will be near good enough gardens, and if people buy them and train them as pets you may be lucky enough to see one indoors.

They eat seeds, fruits and berries when they find them, they seem to be fine with that type of diet. That's probably one way to properly train them, with seeds as food reward. It's awkward to have a bird as a pet in this region I'm in, and I'm not just blaming the neighborhood, I'm blaming myself for feeling awkward and caring about people's perception, but anyways, it would be nice to have one as a pet.

The noise they make is a high pitched whistle, there are videos on YouTube you can watch them making their sounds in case you don't ever meet one.

These birds are indeed remarkable looking although I had to wonder why they have "King" in their name. I thought perhaps they dominated the jungle or something but that's not the reason. It's in their coloring. The research I did said this,

"When European naturalists first saw these birds, they were blown away by the male’s bright red head and chest. In European history, bright red and deep green were colors often associated with royalty, kings, and expensive robes."

This lady has a cool one she talks about and trains and shares the experience on her YouTube channel.

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