AUSTRALIAN KING PARROT

Large, long-tailed parrot with red head, breast and underparts, bright green back and dark blue tail in male.  Female:  head and breast brownish-green, eye yellow.  Grows to 43 cm.  Voice:  metallic 'chack', 'swee'.

Feed mainly in trees on green seeds.  Ranges from Cooktown in north Queensland to the Otway Ranges in southern Victoria .