Showing posts with label Western Rosella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Western Rosella. Show all posts

Friday, March 27, 2015

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.