Scientific Name: (Neophema pulchella)
The Turquoise Parrot favours open, grassy woodland with dead trees near permanent water. It also inhabits coastal heaths and pastures with exotic grasses and weeds, along roadsides and in orchards.
Did You Know?
The female turquoise parrot will sometimes take green foliage into the nest hole to line the floor. These are not carried in her beak but she wedges them into the feathers of her back.