Kay's Gallery: Crimson Rosella (1/3)

PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Platycercus elegans

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Dandenong Ranges National Park, VIC (Dec, 2011)

Bushpea

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

Adelaide Rosella (fleurieuensis)