Ground parrot
Pezoporus wallicus (Kerr, 1792)
The ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 67 g to 76 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the ground parrot
- Weight
- 67 g – 76 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Granivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 21 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the ground parrot live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The ground parrot is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the ground parrot?
The ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) is a parrot endemic to Australia. It is one of only four ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being the closely related night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis), the Antipodes parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor), and the flightless kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) from New Zealand.
The colouration of the two Pezoporus species and the kākāpō is similar – yellowish green with darker barring, somewhat reminiscent of the head and back of the wild-type budgerigar.
When disturbed, a ground parrot flies swiftly just above the ground before dropping back into the vegetation. The presence of the bird is often only revealed by its characteristic dusk and dawn call, a clear whistling sequence of notes which rise in pitch before fading. It is silent in flight.
The IOC World Bird List currently recognises three subspecies; the eastern ground parrot (subsp. wallicus), the western ground parrot or Kyloring (subsp. flaviventris) and the Tasmanian ground parrot. (subsp. leachi).
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Is the ground parrot endangered?
The ground parrot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the ground parrot classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPsittaciformes
- familyPsittaculidae
- genusPezoporus
- SpeciesPezoporus wallicus (Kerr, 1792)
Synonyms Psittacus wallicus
Other names and names in other languages (47)
- Eastern ground parrotEnglish
- Eastern ground parrotEnglish
- Eastern ground parrotEnglish
- Ground parakeetEnglish
- Ground parakeetEnglish
- Swamp parakeetEnglish
- Swamp parakeetEnglish
- ببغاء أرضيArabic
- Земляны папугайBelarusian
- periquito terrestreCatalan
- kakari zemníCzech
- papoušek zemníCzech
- parot daearWelsh
- JordparakitDanish
- ErdsittichGerman
- grunda papagoEsperanto
- Perico terrestreSpanish
- Perico terrestre orientalSpanish
- Periquito de TierraSpanish
- maapapagoiEstonian
- lymykaijaFinnish
- Perruche terrestreFrench
- Pézopore terrestreFrench
- pozemna papigaCroatian
- földi papagájHungarian
- keleti földipapagájHungarian
- Pappagallo terragnoloItalian
- キジインコJapanese
- dirvinė papūgaLithuanian
- GrondpapegaaiDutch
- Oostelijke GrondpapegaaiDutch
- jordpapegøyeNorwegian
- papużka ziemnaPolish
- periquito-terrestrePortuguese
- arara-de-cabeça-azulPortuguese
- periquito-terrestre-orientalPortuguese
- Земляной попугайRussian
- Земляной попугайчикRussian
- zemnár vlnkovanýSlovak
- Podzemni papagajSerbian
- markpapegojaSwedish
- östlig markpapegojaSwedish
- Yer PapağanıTurkish
- папужка болотянийUkrainian
- wangawangxdk
- 地鹦鹉Chinese
- 地棲鸚鵡Chinese
Relatives of the ground parrot
Other species in the same genus Pezoporus.
Night parrot
Pezoporus occidentalis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the ground parrot?
An adult ground parrot weighs 67 g – 76 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the ground parrot live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the ground parrot for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the ground parrot endangered?
The ground parrot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the ground parrot?
The ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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