---
title: "Mulga Parrot"
description: "Psephotellus varius — Vogels. The mulga parrot (Psephotellus varius) is endemic to arid scrublands and lightly timbered grasslands in the interior of southern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mulga-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mulga Parrot

> Psephotellus varius — Vogels. The mulga parrot (Psephotellus varius) is endemic to arid scrublands and lightly timbered grasslands in the interior of southern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Psephotellus varius*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `savanna` (Savanne), `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 1342
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505888](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505888)

## Names

- en: Mulga Parrot
- de: Vielfarbensittich
- es: Perico variado
- fr: Perruche multicolore

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1314)

## Summary

The mulga parrot (Psephotellus varius) is endemic to arid scrublands and lightly timbered grasslands in the interior of southern Australia. The male mulga parrot is multicolored, from which the older common name of many-coloured parrot is derived.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184651744

## Machine access

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