night parrot

English

Noun

night parrot (plural night parrots)

  1. Pezoporus occidentalis, a small parrot endemic to Australia.
    • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 419:
      Two small green-feathered birds, no bigger than mice, jumped from twig to twig in the nearby grass. Rare birds. Rare find. Night parrots.
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