Interesting discussion! For regions within states with loads of parrots East Gippsland (far east Vic) rocks! It is just 4% of Victoria (and Vic is only 3% of Australia, which makes EG just 0.27% of Australia’s area) and here is a list of species possible around Mallacoota and Orbost: Gang Gang Glossy Black Cockatoo Yellow-tailed Black cockatoo Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Little Corella Galah Ground Parrot Turquoise Parrot Crimson Rosella Eastern Rosella King Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Musk Lorikeet Little Lorikeet Blue-winged Parrot Swift Parrot If you extended a little west of Sale you could also see Long-billed Corella, Red-rumped Parrot, purple-crowned Lorikeet. Better still, most of these are highly visible and photogenic! But John Harris’ block is still killing it for parrots per m2! Janine On 4 Jun 2015 12:58, Frank O’Connor < foconnor@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > > The south west of Western Australia would be up there. > > Three black cockatoos, Galah, three corellas (two are feral), > although Little Corella can be found as a native not too far away from Perth. > Rainbow Lorikeet (feral) and Purple-crowned Lorikeet. > Australian Ringneck, Western Rosella and Red-capped Parrot. > Elegant Parrot and Rock Parrot. > Regent Parrot. > Mulga Parrot around the Wagin area. > > So 16 species including two or three ferals for a 4 or 5 day trip > from Perth to Albany and back including Stirling Range NP, possibly > Porongurup NP and Rocky Gully. It could be done as a 3 day trip if it > was just a parrot twitch. > > Not quite the 25 for SA, but the SW is probably a smaller area, and > not sure how you get 25 for SA. I guess that includes Gang Gang > Cockatoo (KI), Rock Parrot (Eyre Pen.), Naretha Bluebonnet, > Scarlet-chested Parrot, Princess Parrot (?), the ferals, etc? and > therefore a much larger area. > > Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo can be found within a day trip of Perth. > Bourke’s Parrot is possible within a long day trip of Perth to > Payne’s Find, but not reliably, and Budgerigar and Cockatiel would > also be unreliable in the same area. A two or three day trip from > Perth to the Cue area would almost certainly add Bourke’s Parrot and > guarantee Mulga Parrot, and have very good chances of Budgerigar, > Cockatiel, and Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (and a second sub species of > Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo that could be split one day), and the > second sub species of Western Corella. > > I don’t count Western Ground Parrot as that is extremely difficult to > find, and not something you would allocate that much time to finding > (maybe 3 days! and still only a small chance of seeing it). > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Frank O’Connor Birding WA > http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au > Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au > > >
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