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@4Boat We're yet to find a neatly-carved, arched mouse hole

@viiith_nerve @BigCityBirds1 Kudos to whoever made the comparison between cockatoo and corella fledglings and Baby Huey, which is perfect!

(Sorry, we've forgotten... please remind us who it was)

@_erikaroper Actually this would be an interesting head-to-head vote in the music category!

Illustration of blue-collared parrots (male above, female below), today's #ParrotOTD, from Gould's "The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands" (1878-1888). Pic @SILibraries via @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/ywjXBQUrcw

In his 1848 Birds of Australia, John Gould captioned the plate illustrating two pink cockatoos as "Leadbeater's cockatoo" (no mention of Thomas Mitchell). He did, however, quote Mitchell's descriptions of wild pink cockatoos extensively in his notes (pics via @BioDivLibrary)

This image shows Leadbeater's cockatoo, as the pink cockatoo was initially known, as illustrated by young ornithological artist and future poet Edward Lear ("The Owl and the Pussycat") in 1832. It was also referred to as the "tricolour-crested cockatoo". (Pic via @BioDivLibrary)

@teamswiftparrot @orientbirdclub @BirdNames4Birds The more you dig... Lord Derby's father - Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby - was a proponent of horse racing and is the reason there are races named "The Derby" and "The Oaks" (the name of one of his properties) in many parts of the world (Kentucky, Melbourne, etc.)

@eurimbla13 Contrary to popular belief, the Arnott's logo isn't (and never was) a rosella. The story is that it was based on a South/Central American parrot owned by a sea captain... makes sense, as it looks much more like a macaw (bare facial skin, wing colours, etc.) with artistic licence

@Zig_Justice @MacaulayLibrary Sorry you've missed it before, but glad you're enjoying it. This is actually the red-fan parrot's sixth turn as #ParrotOTD! We've even had it in our merch collection for a while... https://t.co/UreyG64Ui8

Moluccan king-parrot, Sula Island subspecies (Alisterus amboinensis sulaensis), as depicted in "The birds of Celebes and the neighbouring islands" by Adolf Meyer and Lionel Wiglesworth, 1898. Pic from @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/7PRh9IhfAg