The Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) is endemic to eastern Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is found in humid and heavily forested upland regions of the eastern portion of the continent, including eucalyptus

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...

 wooded areas in and directly adjacent to subtropical and temperate rainforest

Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...

. They feed on fruits, seeds or small insects.
The Australian King Parrot was first described by the German naturalist Martin Lichtenstein

Martin Lichtenstein

Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein was a German physician, explorer, zoologist, and herpetologist.-Biography:...

 in 1818.