Mulga parrot

Weight

61.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

11.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grasslandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

20 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

5.3src 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

The mulga 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 mulga 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. genusPsephotellus
7. SpeciesPsephotellus varius (A. H. Clark, 1910)

Synonyms Psephotellus varius varius, Psephotus varius, Psephotus varius varius

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

Hooded parrot

Psephotellus dissimilis

Psittaculidae

CompareMulga parrot vs Golden-shouldered parrotMulga parrot vs Paradise parrotMulga parrot vs Hooded parrot

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• Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
  Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
• Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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@misc{mulga_parrot_2026,
  title = {Mulga parrot (Psephotellus varius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mulga-parrot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}