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Northern Rosella  

Also Known As: Brown's Rosella or Parakeet, Smutty Rosella or Parakeet
 
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Northern Rosella, Edith Falls, Northern Territory

Credit: © Ian Montgomery | http://birdway.com.au
 
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Did You Know?
The origin of the word "rosella" supposedly came from a misspelling of "Rosetta Parrots", a name possibly given to the birds after the Christian name of the wife of George Fife Angas, a pioneer of Southern Australia.

Species Profile
Genus:
Platycercus

Species:
venustus

Size: Adult Weight:
28cm (11 in) 85-100g (3-3.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: P.v. venustus, P.v. hilli

Colourization Adult:
P.v. venustus: both adults body pale yellow with dusty black scalloping; cheek spots white, bordered with blue on bottom edge; head black; undertail coverts red; back mottled with pale yellow on solid black. Bill white. Eye brown. P.v. hilli: both adults as in venustus but with underparts scalloped dusty black; lower cheeks violet/blue.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but duller in colour with a grey/black head, undertail coverts orange/red mixed with pale yellow; shorter tail and stripe on underwing.

Call: Contact call in flight sharp and short note - chit-chut...chit-chut. While perched emits a three note whistle on ascending scale or metallic piping sounds. Alarm call shrill screech. Soft chattering while feeding.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E129.htm&Pic=129_1.JPG

Animal World http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/parakeets_australian/Rosellas/goldenmantle_eastern.php

The Society for Conservation in Aviculture

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1465&m=0

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.