Friday, March 13, 2015

ADELAIDE ROSELLA

Photographed at Victor Harbour, South Australia March 2015
530        ADELAIDE ROSELLA           Platycercus elegans adelaidae

AUSTRALIA          (371)

34-36 cm. Natural hybrid from Crimson/Yellow Rosellas; some are yellow, some washed red. Only found around Adelaide area from Fleurieu Peninsula to Flinders Ranges. Found in timbered valleys, open forests, woodlands, timbered watercourses, mallee, farmlands, roadsides, parks, gardens.

Juvenile Adelaide Rosella




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3 comments:

  1. saturday boyMarch 13, 2015 at 5:18 PM

    striking colours - the red looks brilliant - lucky folks in Adelaide to have such a beauty

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  2. AnonymousMarch 14, 2015 at 5:59 AM

    Gorgeous colours! :-)

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  3. JudithMarch 17, 2015 at 1:46 AM

    Very unusual

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