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title: "Blauwvleugelparkiet"
description: "Neophema chrysostoma — Vogels. The blue-winged parrot (Neophema chrysostoma), also known as the blue-banded parakeet or blue-banded grass-parakeet, is a small parrot found in Tasmania and southeast mainland Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-winged-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blauwvleugelparkiet

> Neophema chrysostoma — Vogels. The blue-winged parrot (Neophema chrysostoma), also known as the blue-banded parakeet or blue-banded grass-parakeet, is a small parrot found in Tasmania and southeast mainland Australia.

- Scientific name: *Neophema chrysostoma*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 903
- Wikidata: [Q238835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238835)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18880](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18880)

## Names

- en: Blue-winged Parrot
- de: Feinsittich
- es: Periquito crisóstomo
- fr: Perruche à bouche d'or
- nl: Blauwvleugelparkiet
- pt: Periquito-de-asa-azul
- pl: Łąkówka modroskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

AU (806)

## Summary

The blue-winged parrot (Neophema chrysostoma), also known as the blue-banded parakeet or blue-banded grass-parakeet, is a small parrot found in Tasmania and southeast mainland Australia. It is partly migratory, with populations of blue-winged parrots travelling to Tasmania for the summer. The parrot is sexually dimorphic – the males have more blue on the wings and a two-toned blue frontal band on the head, while females are duller and have more green on the wings and a wingbar. Both sexes have predominantly olive-green plumage. Predominantly a feeder on the ground, the blue-winged parrot mainly eats seeds of grasses…

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

## Photo

![Blauwvleugelparkiet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-winged-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erik Schiff · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329702988

## Machine access

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