Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
French: Perruche de Pennant
German: Pennantsittich
Spanish: Perico Elegante
Other common names: Pennant's Parakeet, Pennant's/Blue-Cheeked Rosella
Taxonomy: Psittacus elegans J. F. Gmelin, 1788, New South Wales.
Forms a superspecies with P. flaveolus, with which often regarded as conspecific, due to extensive hybridization zone; P. adelaidae too commonly considered conspecific, and may also belong in the superspecies. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigrescens E. P. Ramsay, 1888 - NE Queensland.
- elegans (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - SE Queensland to SE South Australia.
- melanoptera North, 1906 - Kangaroo I (South Australia).
- Least Concern
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A bird scratching on leaves Mount Buffalo Chalet, Victoria, Australia (elegans)
Matt Weeks 15 January 2005 2 years ago 29 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of an immature eating a seed Wodonga, Victoria, Australia (elegans)
Nick Talbot 19 May 2006 3 years ago 14 sec 4.6 -
An immature eating a seed Wodonga, Victoria, Australia (elegans)
Nick Talbot 19 May 2006 3 years ago 11 sec 4.3 -
A pair of birds at a feeding station New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (elegans)
Nick Talbot 8 April 2005 2 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of an immature, feeding on a seed Wodonga, Victoria, Australia (elegans)
Nick Talbot 19 May 2006 3 years ago 9 sec 4.2 -
An immature bird in a sapling, feeding on a leaf. Campbell Park, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (elegans)
Nick Talbot 2 September 2005 37 weeks ago 31 sec 4.2
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perched Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (elegans)
Georges Olioso 27 September 2007 44 weeks ago 3.7 -
On the back lawn of the main accomodations, Binna-Burra, South East Queensland. Loafing in the evening sun. Binna-Burra, Queensland, Australia (elegans)
Graham Little 16 August 2004 48 weeks ago 3 -
A bird looking around in a small tree Queensland, Australia (eleganas)
Angus Oliver 21 January 2009 1 year ago 2 -
A bird on a birdfeeder. Bunya Mountains National Park, Queensland, Australia (eleganas)
Angus Oliver 1 March 2009 52 weeks ago 1.7
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Soft calls made by a small group of birds on a feeding table Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Joe Angseesing 27 February 2009 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2 -
An individual gives two shrieks as it is disturbed and flies off Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Joe Angseesing 27 February 2009 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2
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