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Green Rosella
Also Known As: Tasmanian Rosella, Yellow-bellied Parrot or Parakeet, Yellow-breasted Parrot, Green Parrot, Mountain Parrot, Tasman Parrot
Species Profile
Genus:Platycercus
Species:
caledonicus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 37cm (14.4 in) | 127-142g (4.4-5 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male-body yellow/gold; wide red frontal band; purple/blue cheek patches; yellow/gold underparts; mantle and back soft black scalloped dull green; yellow/olive on rump and upper tail coverts; purple/blue on upper wing coverts; tail dull bronze/green widely tipped with blue/white. Bill grey/white. Eye dark brown. Female-as in male but foreneck suffused with orange/red; smaller bill.
Colourization Juvenile: Crown, ear coverts and underparts dull yellow/green; nape to mantle and back olive/green; underwing stripe.
Call: Contact call said to be disyllabic cussik...cussik...cussik; kwik-kweek...kwik-kweek while perched. Emits shrill shrieks when alarmed.
Listen now Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E123.htm&Pic=123_1.JPG
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1462&m=0
Tasmanian Dept. of Primary Industries, Water and Environment http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/Home/1?Open
Article "Experiences with the Tasmanian Rosella in Aviculture," by Ashley Herrod, Australian Birdkeeper Magazine, Oct-Nov 2004.
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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