Description
Male: head and underparts red; cheeks yellow. Back and wings black, the feathers edged with green or red. Tail green. Female: similar to male but duller.
Nests in tree hollows, often a spout (dead hollow branch) leading into a green limb. Breeds from August to November. Five to eight white eggs comprise the clutch. The call is a melodious “pink-pink” sound.
Author credit: R.E. Johnstone / Western Australian Museum
Habitat
Eucalypt forests of south-western Australia.
Food
Omnivore
Range
South-western Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Psittaciformes | | Family: | Psittacidae | | Genus: | Platycercus | | Species: | icterotis | | Common Name: | Western Rosella |
Relatives in same Genus
Pale-headed Rosella (P. adscitus)
Green Rosella (P. caledonicus)
Crimson Rosella (P. elegans)
Eastern Rosella (P. eximius)
Northern Rosella (P. venustus)
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