An immature female Scarlet-chested Parrot at Gluepot Reserve, South Australia, Australia.  Gluepot Reserve, which is a 54,000 hectare property owned by Birds Australia in Mallee country north of Waikerie, formerly a cattle station (read more about <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.riverland.net.au/gluepot/index.html">Gluepot Reserve</a>). One of the reasons Birds Australia bought this property was to protect this rare species. It is a bird of the arid interior of Australia, and though deemed of Least Concern it is thinly spread and rarely encountered. We were fortunate enough to find a pair of immature birds when they came in to drink at a watering point (which has a bird hide next to it), with a flock of about 70 Mulga Parrots.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/16520061@N08">David Cook Wildlife Photography</a> from Wamboin, NSW, Australia
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