Can you identify this bird?

[linkpin]

Hello experts! A couple of weeks ago, this little guy landed on my deck. He hung out for a few hours and was gone. I haven't seen him since. I live in a semi-rural area just outside of Sacramento. I've done quite a bit of searching but I can't figure out specifically what he was.

Ideas?

 

[Featheredsamurai]

The image isn't showing

 

[linkpin]

The image isn't showing

Odd. I can see it in both IE and Firefox, logged in and not logged in. Anyone else having trouble?

Here is a direct link to the pic: http://home.comcast.net/~minkt/parrot.jpg

 

[SparkkiSparkS]

Some kind of Rosella maybe?

 

[Featheredsamurai]

That's a red rumped parakeet

 

[linkpin]

That's a red rumped parakeet

Thanks! Cool to finally find out.

 

[MonicaMc]

I'm not aware of any wild flocks of red rumps in the USA, so that might have been someones escaped pet/aviary bird, unless someone let it lose.




If you see the bird again, you might want to set a cage out for him with food inside of it. If you do manage to capture the bird, try and look for his owners!

 

[weco]

Take a look at turquoise grass-parakeets before committing to a red rumped.....

Here's a link for you: Turquoise Parrot | Project Noah

 

[MonicaMc]

Definitely a red rump.... I used to own a turquoisine.

Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella) | Parrot Encyclopedia
Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) | Parrot Encyclopedia

 

[Abigal7]

I'm not aware of any wild flocks of red rumps in the USA, so that might have been someones escaped pet/aviary bird, unless someone let it lose.




If you see the bird again, you might want to set a cage out for him with food inside of it. If you do manage to capture the bird, try and look for his owners!

I do not know all the parrot species that are in California but escaped parrots or lost pet birds have been know to survive in California.

 

[goalerjones]

I do not know all the parrot species that are in California but escaped parrots or lost pet birds have been know to survive in California.

There are entire flocks of parrots here in So Cal. They began as strays but now breed in the wild.

 

[chippy]

He's lovely! Hope you can get him to come to you or to a cage and find his people for him!

 

[MarciaLove]

I say Grass Parakeet

 

[MonicaMc]

I say Grass Parakeet

Yes, but what kind? :xmas_lol2

 

[MikeyTN]

It looks very much like a Red Rump to me as well!