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title: "Roodrugparkiet"
description: "Psephotus haematonotus — Vogels. The red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus), also known as the red-backed parrot or grass parrot, is a medium-sized broad-tailed parrot endemic to open woodland in south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-rumped-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roodrugparkiet

> Psephotus haematonotus — Vogels. The red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus), also known as the red-backed parrot or grass parrot, is a medium-sized broad-tailed parrot endemic to open woodland in south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin.

- Scientific name: *Psephotus haematonotus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 12850
- Wikidata: [Q927398](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q927398)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19009](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19009)

## Names

- en: Red-rumped Parrot
- de: Singsittich
- es: Perico dorsirrojo
- fr: Perruche à croupion rouge
- nl: Roodrugparkiet
- pt: Periquito-dorso-vermelho
- pl: Świergotka seledynowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (12441), IT (3)

## Summary

The red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus), also known as the red-backed parrot or grass parrot, is a medium-sized broad-tailed parrot endemic to open woodland in south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin. It is a highly sexually dimorphic species, with the adult female mainly being a greyish olive-green with lighter underparts and the adult male predominantly being a brightly coloured green and gold with various shades of blue on the wings. Only the adult male possesses the red rump that gives the species its common name.
It is commonly found in open, grassy habitats, both in natural open…

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

## Photo

![Roodrugparkiet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-rumped-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/211391593

## Machine access

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