With the expectation of the wings, crown, and belly, the entire male bird is covered in a bold orange plumage. Originally, the variety was called the orange bishop. When it was introduced to the ...

From as few as 17 known individuals, the orange-bellied parrots of Tasmania now number in the low hundreds after years of ...

A bird ecologist has released a report showing evidence the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot is using Robbins Island during its northern migration. Dr Eric Woehler says there's a ...

Orange-bellied parrots released into the wild ahead of expected largest-ever winter migration. Band being attached to bird. Picture: NRE Tasmania. “Our wildlife experts predict that over 200 ...

Males have vibrant, pink-orange bellies and cheeks and are a little bigger than a robin. Females have a similar pattern, but their pink feathers have been traded in for grey. These shy birds might ...

Last week, 28 juvenile captive-bred birds were set free at Melaleuca, in the state's remote Southwest National Park, under the Orange-bellied Parrot Tasmanian Program, managed by the state's ...

The paper M. Gazda et al., “A genetic mechanism for sexual dichromatism in birds,” Science, 368:1270–74, 2020. Male red siskins (Spinus cucullatus), a species of finch, flaunt orange-red bellies and ...

You may hear their songs before you see them yourself, though they’re not necessarily hard to spot either: Their distinct orange bellies make them some of the easiest birds to recognize.

Orange-bellied Parrots (OBPs) have been released into the wild ahead of what wildlife experts predict will be the largest-ever winter migration of ...

Orange-bellied parrots released into the wild ahead of expected largest-ever winter migration. Band being attached to bird. Picture: NRE Tasmania. “Our wildlife experts predict that over 200 ...