swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
Date 30 November 2010, 17:08:43
Author JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lathamus_discolor_Bruny_2.jpg
The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) is a parrot species in the family Psittaculidae. It breeds in Tasmania and migrates north to south eastern Australia from Griffith-Warialda in New South Wales and west to Adelaide in the winter. Lathamus discolor is related to the rosellas, with the feeding habits of a lorikeet. It is the only member in the genus Lathamus.