Richard of York gained battles in vain. A mnemonic for the rainbow, red, orange, green, blue, indigo, violet. The male Red-rumped Parrot would be a living rainbow if I could only find the indigo and violet. I’m sure there in there somewhere, maybe under UV light. Birds can see further into the UV spectrum than we can.
The Red-rumped Parrot, Psephotus haematonotus, is fairly common in open grassy habitats in South East Australia. It feeds on the ground. The female, sadly, is quite drab.
bobmcgee 