PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Platycercus elegans  

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
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© Vik Dunis 2018
Jarrahmond, VIC (May, 2018)

Many birders, myself included, when they see juvenile Crimson Rosellas for the first time, think they might have a new bird species for their list.

This one is perched in a Norfolk Island Pine growing on a property near the Snowy River.

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Juvenile Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Juvenile Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Eating A Tree

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

The "Yellow Rosella" (flaveolus)

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Juvenile Crimson Rosella