PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Platycercus elegans  

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
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© Geoff Walker 2011
Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, VIC (Oct, 2011)

I saw this flash of yellow and thought I had found the Regent Parrot I was searching for, but it turned out to be a "Crimson Rosella" of the race flaveolus, locally known as the "Yellow Rosella".

Here is an adult feeding a youngster.

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella (nigrescens)

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella (flaveolus)

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Juvenile Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Juvenile Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Eating A Tree

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella (nigrescens)

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Juvenile Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Adelaide Rosella (fleurieuensis)

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

The "Yellow Rosella" (flaveolus)

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Juvenile Crimson Rosella