The Bluebonnet, also called Blue Bonnet, used to be one species of small, blue-faced grass parrot
(also called grass parakeet) native to Australia but has been split in recent years to two species: the Eastern (shown here)
and the Naretha (see link below).
It also used to be called the Crimson-bellied Parrot (not to be confused with the Crimson-bellied
Parakeet or Conure, Pyrrhura perlata, of South America), but that name is no longer applied.
There are three subspecies, the nominal Yellow-vented Bluebonnet,
Northiella haematogaster haematogaster from S.E. Australia,
above left, the Red-vented , N. h. haematorrhous
from eastern Australia (south Queensland and north New South Wales), above right, and the Pallid Yellow-vented from inland southern Australia.
The former fourth subspecies, the Naretha from SW Australia, has been made a separate full species.
Male and female have similar plumage; the female usually has less red and blue than the male.
The broad blue-green, white-edged tail is reminiscent of the Rosella species.
Above is the Yellow-vented Bluebonnet, the nominal and more common subspecies, from southeastern Australia.
Usually just called the Bluebonnet, its plumage is similar to the Red-vented except for the vent (below the red belly, before the tail)
which is yellow rather than red.
Above is the Red-vented Bluebonnet from eastern and northeastern Australia.