PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Platycercus elegans  

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
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© Vik Dunis 2015
Fryers Ridge Nature Conservation Reserve, VIC (Jun, 2015)

Looking for grubs or eating the tree?

A family of Crimson Rosellas settled on a black wattle and started tearing the twiggy branches apart. They appeared to be eating the pith from the centre of the twigs.

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