Birding in Echuca and District
Superb Parrot
Endangered
but moderately common in the Barmah-Millewa Forest andaround Picola
and Yielema. Revegetation projects are under way to provide additional
suitable habitat, e.g. near Picola where this male was photographed.
Numbers are holding steady and possibly increasing. Distribution is
limited to the Riverina and central-eastern inland NSW. We subject to
trapping by smugglers who sold them overseas. The current low market
price has, fortunately, made trapping and smuggling these birds hardly
worth while. (277)
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