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CROWN THE KING. Lamington National Park is home to a number of interesting and exotic birds such as king parrots, crimson rosellas, regent and satin bower birds, lyre birds, honeyeaters, logrunners, scrub turkeys, Eastern yellow robins, tawny frogmouths, and so on. The King Parrot, Alisterus scapularis, shown here is a large (41--44 cm) long-tailed parrot with red belly. The male has a bright red head and breast and a back of bright green. They often travel in small flocks and feed mainly on dry seed on the ground. They are fairly common in rainforest and wet schlerophyl and eucalypt forests in eastern Australia. The female king parrot has a dull green head and back with a brownish breast.

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