What parrots live in Australia?

Answer 1

Australia is home to many types of parrots. They include:

Cockatoos, such as sulphur-crested cockatoo, red-tailed black cockatoo, yellow-tailed black cockatoo, gang-gang cockatoo, corella, galah, cockatiel, glossy black cockatoo, Major Mitchell cockatoo

Lorikeets, such as Rainbow lorikeet, Scaly-breasted lorikeet

Rosellas, such as King Parrot, Crimson rosella, Pale-headed rosella, Eastern rosella

Other parrots, such as Bourke's parrot, Budgerigar (budgie), ground parrot, Turquoise parrot (turquoisine), Green parrot, Regent parrot, Rock parrot, Mulga parrot

There are other parrots within these groups, but they are too many to list.

Answer 2

Australia does not have "parakeets". The term "parakeet" is a generalised term to cover numerous species of smaller, long-tailed parrots. The word "parakeet" is never used in Australia to refer to budgies, lorikeets or cockatiels, yet these birds are commonly known as "parakeets" overseas.

'Parakeet' also tends to be a commonly mistaken name for budgerigars, the smallest of the parrot species. Birds classified under the term parakeet include:

Either way, depending on the species, they can be found in a variety of localities and habitats around Australia. If the term refers to budgerigars, they are found in semi-arid regions, grasslands, bushland and scrub across almost all of Australia, apart from the coastal regions.

Answer 3

Budgies are native across most of Australia except for the coastal regions. They are found in semi-arid areas, grasslands and bushland.