This Scarlet-chested Parrot proved to be the biggest single highlight of the trip for me. After a few good seasons further west, numbers of Scarlet-chested Parrots at Gluepot in SE South Australia have increased, with a relatively high number of birders seeing these rare and enigmatic parrots in Gluepot over the past 2 or 3 months.
I was lucky enough, after 4 or 5 days of searching, to finally locate this stunning male feeding on low vegetation and on the ground, and spent a very rewarding half hour with him. The red on the breast is really that bright and the blues on the face and wings are just gorgeous. They are a truly stunning bird, but are rare and hard to locate in the wild.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
