Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
PSITTACIDAE
Genus
Alisterus
Species
scapularis
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Australian King-parrot
Alternate name
King Parrot
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Common in rainforest and damp eucalypt forest.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
True
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Common in rainforest and dense sclerophyll forest. Usually in open woodlands only in passage
Known location
Nerang, Pimpama, Worongary, Austinville, Coomera, Hinze Dam, Lamington NP, Mudgeeraba, Currumbin Wat
Other locality
Common in rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, and farmland, sometimes entering dry sclerophyll forest and suburbia.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
True
Hollow dependent
True
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, dry sclerophyll forest, farmland, parks, suburbia.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
An adaptable bird often found in modified habitats. Probably increasing in numbers after an earlier decline.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
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Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
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Active season
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Description
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