Red-capped Parrot

Purpureicephalus is from the Latin words purpureus, meaning purple, and the Greek word cephale, meaning head. Spurius is a Latin word meaning false.

Daryl (char’rill).

The Red-capped Parrot is only found in the southwest of Western Australia.

This bird is up to 38 centimetres long with a wingspan up to 48 centimetres.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 2 km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 1 year 7.2 months after being banded (information as at 8 October 2023).

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/66f82bb4-ae71-4543-a99e-35452536c4c8