Description
N. pulchella is a brightly colored, small parrot. Turquoise parrots have a bright green crown and upperparts. In sharp contrast, the underparts are yellow down to the tail tip. The wing coverts are turquoise or dark blue. The bill is gray-black and the legs are gray.

Males have a bright blue face, forehead and cheeks. The underparts are a much brighter yellow than the female, all the way down to the tail tip. Males also have a chestnut-red patch on both wings.

Females have a paler blue face, forehead and cheeks, and a whitish area in front of the eyes. The female’s throat and chest are more green than yellow.

Diet
eats mainly seeds of grasses and herbaceous plants; also eats flowers and fruit

Fascinating Facts

• Turquoise parrots only need to drink water once a day – in the morning before going out to feed!
• Turquoise parrots do not build a nest for their eggs; instead, they lay their eggs in the lining of dust in logs and trees!
• Turquoise parrots search for seeds on the ground and roost in trees!