Princess ofWales Parakeet

Abstract

When most people think of the Princess of Wales, they are summoning to mind the image of Lady Diana of the House of Windsor. Aviculrurists, on the other hand, are likely to focus on the lovely, pastel colored parakeet native to Australia, which Sir John Goulet named in honor of Lady Di's forebearer.

Princess parrots, as they are sometimes called, are relatively rare birds in the wild, confined to the arid interior of the western half of the Australian continent. They prefer open, dry, sanely terrain and scrubland, frequenting streams lined with eucalyptus trees in which they usual I y nest.


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