- Latin name: Neophema splendida
- Unique colorful feature: Scarlet red breast and multi-colored body
- Where they are found: Southern and Western Australia
- Size: Length: 7.5 to 8 inches (19 to 20 cm): Weight: 1.3 to 1.5 ounces (36 to 44 g)
- Diet: succulent plants and seeds
Thee little birds are gentle with charming personalities and keep up a constant, soft twitter when flocking in trees together in Western and Southern Australia.
They are every bit as sweet as they are colorful with their blue faces and wings, red chests, yellow bellies, and greenbacks, shoulders, and tails.
Inhabiting dry grasslands and shrublands, they eat grass seeds and succulent plants which enable them to go long periods without water.
These parakeet species can yield up to three clutches each year with 3 to 6 eggs each time.
