PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Platycercus elegans  

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
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© Kay Parkin 2011
Dandenong Ranges National Park, VIC (Dec, 2011)

These beautiful birds are very tame in the Dandenong Ranges as tourists feed them sunflower seeds. This bird thought I was going to feed it so it posed for me!

For the record, it missed out as I did not feed it!

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