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title: "Swift Parrot"
description: "Lathamus discolor — Uccelli. The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor), also known by the palawa kani name swift waylitja, is a species of broad-tailed parrot, found only in southeastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/swift-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Swift Parrot

> Lathamus discolor — Uccelli. The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor), also known by the palawa kani name swift waylitja, is a species of broad-tailed parrot, found only in southeastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Lathamus discolor*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 985
- Wikidata: [Q1260561](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260561)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19284](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19284)

## Names

- en: Swift Parrot
- de: Schwalbensittich
- es: Periquito migrador
- fr: Perruche de Latham
- nl: Zwaluwpapegaai
- pt: Periquito-andorinha
- pl: Papużka ostrosterna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (845)

## Summary

The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor), also known by the palawa kani name swift waylitja, is a species of broad-tailed parrot, found only in southeastern Australia. The species breeds in Tasmania during the summer and migrates north to southeastern mainland Australia from Griffith-Warialda in New South Wales and west to Adelaide in the winter. It is a nomadic migrant, and it settles in an area only when there is food available. The Swift Parrot was voted 2023 Bird of the Year in The Guardian Australia and BirdLife Australia's biennial poll.
The species is critically endangered, and the severe predation by introduced…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_parrot

## Photo

![Swift Parrot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/swift-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Melissa Doherty · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255457826

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/swift-parrot?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).