Hooded parrot

Weight

43.5 g – 47.2 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

18 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

19 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4 – 4.3src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

17.9 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 hooded parrot is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

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

The hooded 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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPsittaciformes
5. familyPsittaculidae
6. genusPsephotellus
7. SpeciesPsephotellus dissimilis (Collett, 1898)

Synonyms Psephotellus chrysopterygius dorotheae, Psephotus chrysopterygius blaauwi, Psephotus chrysopterygius dissimilis, Psephotus cucullatus, Psephotus dissimilis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

EN, Endangered

Golden-shouldered parrot

Psephotellus chrysopterygius

Psittaculidae

P

Paradise parrot

Psephotellus pulcherrimus

PsittaculidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Mulga parrot

Psephotellus varius

Psittaculidae

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@misc{hooded_parrot_2026,
  title = {Hooded parrot (Psephotellus dissimilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hooded-parrot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}