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''flaveolus'', ''subadelaidae'' and ''adelaidae'' were sometimes considered to be separate species but are now commonly lumped in this species. | ''flaveolus'', ''subadelaidae'' and ''adelaidae'' were sometimes considered to be separate species but are now commonly lumped in this species. | ||
[[Image:Juvie Rosie flight 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Paddyob|Paddyob}}<br />Near Ballarat, [[Australia]], January 2010]] | [[Image:Juvie Rosie flight 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Paddyob|Paddyob}}<br />Near Ballarat, [[Australia]], January 2010]] | ||
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Coastal and mountain euclypt and wet forest. | Coastal and mountain euclypt and wet forest. | ||
Revision as of 17:37, 25 November 2014
- Platycercus elegans
Includes: Yellow Rosella, Adelaide Rosella
Identification
32-36cm
- Crimson plumage
- Blue cheeks
- Black back and wing coverts, edged with red
- Blue edged flight feathers
- Tail blue above, pale blue undertail
Photo by Rose Fletcher
Nangawooka Flora Reserve, Victor Harbor, South Australia, December 2008
Juvenile
- Blue cheeks
- Green-olive to yellow olive plumage
Yellow Rosella is pale yellow-green mottled with black backs, which are olive green in juveniles.
Distribution
Australia: found in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria.
Introduced to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Six subspecies are recognised by Clements[1]:
- P. e. nigrescens:
- Eastern Australia (coastal north-eastern Queensland)
- P. e. elegans:
- Eastern Australia (south-eastern Queensland to south-eastern South Australia)
- P. e. melanopterus:
- Kangaroo Island
- P. e. flaveolus Yellow Rosella:
- Interior south-eastern Australia
- Interior south-eastern Australia
Adelaide Rosella
- P. e. subadelaidae:
- Southern South Australia
- P. e. adelaidae:
- Southern South Australia
flaveolus, subadelaidae and adelaidae were sometimes considered to be separate species but are now commonly lumped in this species.
Habitat
Coastal and mountain euclypt and wet forest.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in a tree hollow, lined with wood shavings and dust. The 4-8 white eggs are incubated by the female for about 20 days; both sexes care for the young. The young fledge after about 35 days, but depend on their parents for a further 35 days.
Diet
Photo by peterday
Saunders Sanctuary near Sanderston, South Australia, November 2014
They eat the seeds of various trees, including native pines, blue fig, acacia and eucalypts.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- austmus.gov
- Wikipedia
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Crimson Rosella. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Crimson_Rosella
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