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Northern Rosella
Also Known As: Brown's Rosella or Parakeet, Smutty Rosella or Parakeet
Northern Rosella, Edith Falls, Northern Territory
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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.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Platycercus
Species:
venustus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 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.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
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 http://www.thesca.org.uk/articles/rosella.html
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
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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