Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans

The Elegant Parrot, also called Elegant Grass Parakeet, is one of several small grass parrots from Australia, some of whose females look similar to the olive green Elegant (e.g. Red-rumped, Hooded).

The Elegant Parrot looks similar to its relative, the Blue-winged Parrot, but has less blue on its wing. Some Elegant Parrots also have a small orange patch on their yellow bellies leading to confusion with their critically-endangered relative, the Orange-bellied Parrot, which has a brighter green back, brighter yellow front and light blue border on both the top and bottom of the brow band.

The male Elegant Parrot has similar plumage to the female instead of the bright colours of most other male grass parrots (the female is a little duller with a narrower dark blue brow band; juveniles don't have the brow band). Elegant Parrots are native to two separate regions, one in southwestern Australia and one in the southeast of South Australia.