John currently serves as Director of the Jazz Program and Associate Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke University, and he has served on the faculties of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Central University and Guilford College (Greensboro, NC).
The other subspecies of eclectus parrot that is found in Australia is E. r. polychloros. This subspecies is only known from the Torres Strait islands. All other subspecies of this parrot are located in Indonesia, New Guinea, and several Pacific islands. Life history and behaviour. The eclectus parrots usually perch and feed high in the canopy.
HABITAT AND DIET. Most parrots live in warm climates, although not all: thick-billed parrots, maroon-fronted parrots, and keas live in snowy alpine areas and are even referred to as snow birds. Parrots that don't live in areas with trees use cacti, termite mounds, or rocky outcrops to make their home.