EASTERN ROSELLA

Photographed on Tiri Tiri Matangi, June 2017

(*   91)              EASTERN ROSELLA                  Platycercus eximius  

NEW ZEALAND           36

Introduced from Australia, now over most of North Island and a pocket in se South Island. 32 cm. Found in lightly wooded country but also uses forest and urban parks and gardens.

NORTHERN ROSELLA

Photographed at Mornington Sanctuary, Kimberley, Western Australia, May 2015

612        NORTHERN ROSELLA        Platycercus venustus

Australia       (455)

28-30 cm. Usually found near water in grassy tropical woodlands and clearings; paperbarks, acacia scrublands, hill country, timber along watercourses, mangroves, roadsides, crops. occasionally gardens. Range: n. Australia: Kimberley (WA), e. from. Derby-Fitzroy Crossing; through Top End (NT), s. to Katherine-McArthur R., coastally, and on some islands e. to Nicholson R., far nw Q.

WESTERN ROSELLA

Photographed at Cheney's Beach, Western Australia March 2015

548           WESTERN ROSELLA              Platycerus icterotis

Australia        (389)

Endemic to sw. WA, s. and w. of Dongala-Israelite Bay, e. to Southern Cross-Norseman. 25-28 cm. Found in open forest, woodland with grassy clearings; trees on watercourses; farmlands, crops, roadsides, orchards.

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

GREEN ROSELLA

190       GREEN ROSELLA             Platycercus caledonicus

Australia      (190)

Found only in Tasmania. In forests, woodlands, farmland, timber along rivers, hawthorn hedges, orchards, gardens. 32-38 cm.

YELLOW ROSELLA

127           YELLOW ROSELLA            Platycercus elegans

Australia   (127)

30-34 cm. Found near water in grassy woodlands, farmlands, parks, gardens. Range around rivers in s NSW, n Victoria and se SA.

CRIMSON ROSELLA

121        CRIMSON ROSELLA         Platycercus elegans

Australia    (121)

Also known as Red Lowry. 32-37 cm. Range east coast Brisbane to tip SA, inland as far as Coonabarabran, two pockets around Atherton and Cooktown. Found in forests, woodland, roadways, parks,orchards, crops.

PALE-HEADED ROSELLA

Pale-headed Rosella nominate races found in ne Queensand

92       PALE-HEADED ROSELLA          Platycercus adscitus

Australia   (92)

Ranges over eastern half of Queensland. Found in open forests, woodlands, grasslands, crops, orchards, roadsides. 28-32 cms.

Pale-headed rosella race palliceps found in s. Queensland and n. NSW

EASTERN ROSELLA

91      EASTERN ROSELLA       Platycercus eximius

Australia    (91)

Also known as the White-cheeked Rosella. 29-34 cm. Range Tasmania and se mainland from Kingaroy in Queensland to far se corner of SA. Found in open forests, woodlands, farmland, crops, parks and gardens.