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Eastern Rosella
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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EASTERN ROSELLA FACTS |
Description
The Eastern Rosella has a red head, neck and breast, with yellowish to greenish upper parts and distinctive white cheek patches.
Size
30cm
Habitat
woodlands, grasslands, farmlands, parks, gardens and golf courses
Food
seeds, fruits, buds, flowers, nectar and insects.
Breeding
Nest is tree hollow, usually a eucalypt tree. Lays 4-8 eggs
Range
south-eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria and south-eastern South Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Psittaciformes | | Family: | Psittacidae | | Genus: | Platycercus | | Species: | eximius | | Common Name: | Eastern Rosella |
Relatives in same Genus
Pale-headed Rosella (P. adscitus)
Green Rosella (P. caledonicus)
Crimson Rosella (P. elegans)
Western Rosella (P. icterotis)
Northern Rosella (P. venustus)
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