Australian Ringneck

Barnardius honours Edward Barnard (1786-1861), an English ornithologist. Zonarius is from the Latin word zona, meaning a girdle or belt. It refers to the yellow half-collar.

Dowarn (dow’awn).

Occurs in much of Australia. Absent from tropical areas and some inland areas.

This bird is up to 44 centimetres long with a wingspan of 60 centimetres.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 27 km. The oldest bird recorded was still alive when its band was read in August 1994, 4 years 1.8 months after being banded (information as at 20 June 2012).

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/5fed5ecf-2199-4f64-a9f7-90b39f88a90a