Elegant parrot

Weight

43.4 g – 47 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

18 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.5 – 4.75src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

11.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The elegant parrot is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

The elegant parrot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPsittaciformes
5. familyPsittaculidae
6. genusNeophema
7. SpeciesNeophema elegans (Gould, 1837)

Synonyms Nanodes elegans

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

CR, Critically Endangered

Orange-bellied parrot

Neophema chrysogaster

Psittaculidae

LC, Least Concern

Turquoise parrot

Neophema pulchella

Psittaculidae

VU, Vulnerable

Blue-winged parrot

Neophema chrysostoma

Psittaculidae

LC, Least Concern

Rock parrot

Neophema petrophila

Psittaculidae

LC, Least Concern

Scarlet-chested parrot

Neophema splendida

Psittaculidae

CompareElegant parrot vs Orange-bellied parrotElegant parrot vs Turquoise parrotElegant parrot vs Blue-winged parrotElegant parrot vs Rock parrot

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@misc{elegant_parrot_2026,
  title = {Elegant parrot (Neophema elegans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/elegant-parrot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}