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	Birds - Night Parrot
		John Gould's illustration of the Night Parrot from 'The Birds of Australia' (1867).
		The first known specimen of the Night Parrot was collected by John Mcdouall Stuart in October 1845, north of Coopers Creek, far northern South Australia, as part of an expedition led by Charles Sturt.
		The Budgerigar is one of the closer relatives of the Night Parrot.
	www.amonline.net.au /birds/research/night_parrot.htm (1974 words)

	Birds - Fly-By-Night Parrot
		Unlike the striking Paradise Parrot, the Night Parrot is a rather subdued mixture of green, yellow and fl.
		In addition to the differences in habitat (the Ground Parrot is a bird of wet coastal heathlands), the Night Parrot can be easily separated by the short claws, absence of an orange forehead, short tail, unbarred belly and swollen cere (fleshy covering at the base of the upper mandible).
		We cannot be sure whether the parrot died at the location where it was found, or was transported in the grill of the vehicle for some indeterminate distance before falling by the roadside.
	www.amonline.net.au /birds/research/fly_by_night_parrot.htm (2489 words)

	Night Parrot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is (or was, depending on opinion) a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to the continent of Australia.
		It was distinguished from the superficially similar Ground Parrot by its shorter tail and different range and habitat.
		The night parrot remains one of the most elusive and mysterious birds in the world of ornithology.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Night_Parrot (455 words)

	Night Parrots (Pezoporus occidentalis)
		The Night Parrot (Geopsittacus occidentalis) is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to Australia.
		The closest relatives are the small parrots in the genus Neophema and the Budgerigar.
		Night Parrots are birds of the arid zone where there is dense, low vegetation, which provides them shelter during the day.
	www.avianweb.com /nightparrots.html (553 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Night parrot, spinifex parrot, porcupine parrot
		The night parrot is one of Australia's most intriguing birds and possibly its least known.
		Night parrots are mottled yellow-green and dark brown over most of the body, with the lower belly and under tail coverts yellow.
		The night parrot was not formally named until 1861, when John Gould described it as Geopsittacus occidentalis, based on a bird collected in 1854 near Mount Farmer, Western Australia.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3076.shtml (546 words)

	Parrot Society of Australia - Conservation
		The principal threats faced by parrots in their natural environment are habitat loss and collection of birds for the live bird trade.
		Parrots restricted to small areas, or existing in small populations are at particular risk from droughts, storms, disease and live bird trapping.
		The plight of the Orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster), the Night parrot (Geopsittacus occidentalis), the Golden-shoudered parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius) and the Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) are well known in Australian avicultural circles.
	www.parrotsociety.org.au /conservation.html (418 words)

	Queensland Museum - Endangered Species - Queensland's Vanishing Wildlife - Night Parrot
		The Night Parrot was once known to live in most of inland Australia. However, no specimens had been collected since 1912. Its rediscovery in 1990 revitalised hopes of its continued survival, but the species' habitat requirements and the threats to its conservation are still unknown.
		Until recently Night Parrots were presumed by many to be ‘technically' extinct. This was because they had not been recorded within the last 50 years. Some respected ornithologists were pronouncing it ‘exterminated' as early as 1915. More cautious observers listed its current status as ‘uncertain'.
		In 1990 a road-killed Night Parrot was accidentally discovered by three ornithologists returning from an Australian Museum field trip to northern Australia. This was after decades of unverified sightings. For this discovery Dick Smith awarded the Australian Museum $50,000 toward further Night Parrot research.
	www.qm.qld.gov.au /features/endangered/animals/night_parrot.asp (211 words)

	Definition of Parrot from dictionary.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning.
		Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish of the genus Scarus.
		Cretensis), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
	www.dictionary.net /parrot (180 words)

	Kakapo / Owl Parrots
		The Kakapo (meaning night parrot), Strigops habroptilus, is a species of nocturnal parrot endemic to New Zealand.
		Kakapo are large, rotund parrots: males measure up to 60 centimetres (24 in) and weigh between 3 and 4 kilograms (7–9 lb) at maturity.
		One way researchers check whether bowls are visited at night is to place a few twigs in the bowl, knowing that if the male visits overnight he will pick them up in his beak and toss them away.
	www.avianweb.com /kakapo.html (1984 words)

	Western Ground Parrot
		The Eastern Ground Parrot occurs in fragmented populations near the coast in southern Queensland, NSW and Victoria and is considered vulnerable.
		The Ground Parrot is less closely related to the Kakapo than to the Budgerigar and to parrots of the genus Neophema such as the Orange-bellied Parrot and the Elegant Parrot.
		Four Ground Parrots were known to have moved away from the main study area during the course of the study.
	birdswa.iinet.net.au /projects/wgp/wgp.htm (1229 words)

	The Kakapo Parrot, Strigops habroptilus.
		It is a night animal and it does not run or fight predators.
		They had no natural predators for quite some time, and their unfortunate situation is almost entirely the result of humans arriving to the islands.
		Huge areas were cleared for farms, and they brought predators such as ferrets, cats, stoats, rats, and dogs which killed the kakapo easily, because the parrot does not recognize them as dangerous.
	www.sunsetbeach.co.za /kakapo_parrot.htm (1228 words)

	Ground Parrot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) is one of only four ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being its closest relative, the extremely rare Night Parrot, the somewhat closely related Antipodes Island Parakeet, and the unrelated highly endangered kakapo from New Zealand.
		This is not an indication of true relationships, however, but either adaptation to a particular lifestyle or a feature retained from ancestral parrots; probably the latter as barred plumage is found all over the family, from the tiny tiger parrots to female cockatiels.
		The Eastern Ground Parrot occurs in fragmented populations near the coast in southern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria and is considered vulnerable on the schedules of the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ground_Parrot (502 words)

	Parrot family
		The Parrots are a very large family of easily recognized birds, generally restricted to the tropics, ranging from huge macaws to tiny lovebirds and parrotlets.
		Parrots apparently arose in the Old World, and the lories and lorikeets are the most distantly related of the parrots.
		The Night Parrot Geopsittacus occidentalis of the arid interior has also been thought to be near extinction, but I understand there have been some recent evidence to suggest it still survives.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/parrots.html (3165 words)

	sansanparrots.com » How much sleep does your parrot need?
		My parrots are known to differ a little on exact hours or when they are put to bed, but sleep is very important to a parrot, even if they are not living in the wild.
		Without a good restful sleep at night, a parrot might exhibit grumpiness and with prolong lack of sleep, real behavior problems can occur.
		A parrot’s housing and nutrition needs are very important, but one must remember, so is sleep.
	sansanparrots.com /wp/?p=20 (435 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Every night at the bar, they had this magician come on and perform the most wonderfully amazing tricks of conjury the world had ever seen.
		It's the first night of the voyage, and everyone is eager to see this great man at work, except there was one slight problem.
		There was this parrot, who'd sit on the bar top by the peanuts, and ruin each trick as the magician performed them.
	members.tripod.com /~NatureLady/humor/titanic1.html (354 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		The Purpose of the California Parrot Project is to: Determine the geographical distribution of parrots in California.
		The primary objectives of the Society are to encourage the breeding of every parrot in New Zealand whether it be in the wild or captivity and to produce a high quality magazine devoted entirely to parrots.
		The Canadian World Parrot Trust is a branch of the World Parrot Trust the only international conservation organisation devoted exclusively to the survival of parrot species in the wild, as well as the welfare of every individual parrot.
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/psittacidae.html (1465 words)

	Birds in Backyards - Bourke's Parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii) Fact sheet
		The Bourke's Parrot is also known as the Blue-vented, Night, Pink-bellied or Sundown Parrot; Blue-vented, Bourke or Pink-bellied Parakeet; and Bourke or Bourke's Grass-Parakeet.
		Bourke's Parrot is widespread across arid and semi-arid areas of the inland, from north-western New South Wales and south-western Queensland to the mid-coast of Western Australia, and from the Devil's Marbles in Northern Territory south to Port Augusta, South Australia.
		The movements of Bourke's Parrot are not well-known.
	www.birdsinbackyards.net /finder/display.cfm?id=271 (435 words)

	Night Parrot issue - Transcript 10 April 2006
		Senator Campbell is set to be asked to rule on whether or not the Night Parrot is threatened by miner Andrew Forrest proposal, to extract 572 million tonnes of iron ore at Cloud Break, which is about three kilometres from a lone sighting of three of the critically endangered birds last April.
		And FMG are working on a management plan; they're working with the WA Government and let's hope we can have a win-win situation there.
		A very long bow to draw between a parrot that migrates across the Bass Strait and lands on the Victorian mainland and the impact that I assessed in relation to the cumulative impact of building a lot of wind farms across that coast, has any similarity to a situation in the Pilbara of Western Australia.
	www.deh.gov.au /minister/env/2006/tr10apr206.html (1186 words)

	Kakapo - New Zealand's Kakapo Parrot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is a parrot that looks like an owl, hops like a sparrow, growls like a dog and has a very unique smell.
		The Kakapo (night parrot) is one of New Zealand's unique âtreasures' and with only 86 known surviving birds it is listed internationally as a critically endangered species.
		The only flightless and nocturnal parrot in the world, the Kakapo is also the heaviest, weighing up to 4 kilograms (9 lbs).
	www.seriousfunnewzealand.com /aboutnz/kakapo.cfm (1355 words)

	Sussex County Exotic Bird Club Articles
		One night I went outside for something and she panicked and flew, it was one of those nights that was a moonless and dark.
		I went to bed that night broken hearted, I knew there was the possibility another animal would get her, and figured she was gone for good.
		Every morning and night she would make her rounds of the cages making sure that everyone was safe and where they should be, then she would take up her position on the landing with her cat Foo curled up in her paws for a night of TV/music or a short nap.
	www.birdsnways.com /clubs/scebc/articles.htm (7670 words)

	Birds and Sleep
		Max's cage was much too large to cover properly at night, so I decided to use a smaller cage at night for sleeping.
		I realized that parrots are just like humans when it comes to sleep: if they don't get enough of it, they are going to act differently.
		Parrots in the wild start settling in for the night at dusk and begin to come alive in the morning at first light.
	www.parrotparrot.com /articles/aa100300.htm (583 words)

	Parrot Humor
		The magician found himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and of course the parrot was by his side.
		The parrot seemed fine and when Friday night came, she dressed the parrot up and went to the temple.
		Well, the parrot seemed fine for the next week so once again, on Friday she and the parrot got dressed up and went to the temple.
	www.rantnroll.com /html/parrot.html (2833 words)

	Encore Entertainment
		Steel of the Night is a Caribbean Steel drum band.
		Hula hoop contests, twist competition and limbo challenges are just a sample of the excitement they can bring to your next event.
		Parrot Beach will take you back to that unforgettable island vacation with their covers of immortal Jimmy Buffett tunes and other island melodies.
	www.encoreentertainment.net /music_partybands.html (1146 words)

	The GREEN PARROT BAR - Key West Florida
		Key West landmark since 1890, the Parrot is the first and last bar on U.S.1.
		Ask around town and you'll find the Parrot is hailed as providing the very best in musical entertainment.
		In February it was three night with the legendary midwest blues band Lamont Cranston, and a memorable one night stand with the Southern-fried funk of Papa Mali.
	www.greenparrot.com (493 words)

	BirdForum - Night Parrots
		Anyone know anything about night parrots?, they're suppost to be a nocturnal ground parrot of Australia.
		As I understand it the 1990 (dead specimen) was discovered when a group of ornithologists stopped on the side of the road to...
		I know that this could win a prize for vaguest reply, but wasn't there a programme on UK television in the late 1990s on which a farmer somewhere in the outback reckoned that he had a night parrot (or was it two?) coming to a watering hole on his farm?
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=64247 (1015 words)

	Derby Parrot Heads
		He also became the first Parrot Head to do what many others had only dreamt of: He took the Ultimate Parrot Head Road Trip and attended to each and every show of a Buffett Concert Season—Beach House On The Moon.
		Just like the Parrot Head World, it is ever evolving, so visit often.
		And on top of all that, I had always wanted to create a Parrot Head Website that was different from all the rest.
	derbyparrotheads.com (848 words)

	ROADKILL WEEKLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Walking by the Parrot early in the morning, during the five hours from 4-9 that the place is actually closed to drinkers, is an experience in itself.
		Although I've often denied it since, the fact of the matter is I did get refused service and tossed from the Parrot one night, and that that fact amazes and mystifies both friends and complete strangers to this day.
		One night about two years ago when I went out I was just one of hundreds of overdrinking, speech slurring, might-as-well-move-your-barstool- to-in-front-of-the-urinal-after-midnight idiots who share this tiny island with me. By the time I woke up the next morning, I was a legend.
	members.aol.com /USWon/parrot.html (2145 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Told as a fairy tale, this true-life nature story tells of how the Kakapo lost it's ability to fly.
		Found in the rainforests of New Zealand, it is the largest member of the parrot family.
		Because there were no predators for thousands of years, the Kakapo ceased having the ability to fly.
	www.cfv.org /titledetail.asp?dn=7743 (76 words)

	Untitled Document
		It is closely related to Pezoporus (Ground Parrot) and Strigops (Kakapa).
		DERIVATION: Geopsittacus: Greek `geo' = earth, `psittaces' = parrot occidentalis: Latin for western Spinifex Parrot, Western Ground Parrot, Nocturnal Ground Parrot/parakeet, Myrrlumbing (Aboriginal - said to resemble the call).
		Since 1937 the Night Parrot has been protected in Australia.
	members.dodo.com.au /~chayes/night_parrot.htm (663 words)

	Austin Texas Bed and Breakfast Cabins at Lake Travis
		Lost Parrot Cabins is a Lake Travis bed and breakfast
		We loved the view from the deck, the scenery and especially your warmth and kindness.
		Wonderful viewing fireworks from our private deck and interesting late night "chat" with the innkeepers.
	www.lostparrotcabins.com (816 words)

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