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or a writer as well as a keen aviculturist there are various reasons for selecting a topic to discuss, in this particular instance there are two major factors for compiling this article on the Australian parrot the Port Lincoln -- Barnardius zonarius. The first instance is that although the


Port Lincoln -- the nominate form and one sub-species the twenty eight – 28 – B. zonarius. semitorquatus would probably be the most commonly seen parrot in so many areas of Western Australia, yet I am still amazed at the number of people who keep parrot- type birds and are not familiar with the difference between the two. A valid reason is possibly due to the fact that there are numerous birds that fit the characteristics of each specific type plus there are other birds where those two forms meet in the natural state and intergrading occurs, the resultant offspring may then show characteristics of either form to a lesser or greater degree.


In the second case in a previous article that I had written I mentioned that the Port Lincolns – southern form -- that I had observed both in aviaries and in


A totally Australian bird, Port Lincolns occur in fairly extensive areas of both South Australia and the Northern Territory, while the largest habitat area is in Western Australia where they occur over much of this large state.


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