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Eastern Rosella

Platycercus eximius

Description:

Small medium parrot red-orange head and neck, yellow breast, all shades of green through blue to a dark teal tail, some black flecks and edges to wings feathers.

Habitat:

Range eastern NSW, Victoria, Tasmania. Prefers cooler maybe higher altitude areas of eucalyptus forests but readily populates urban fringes.

Notes:

Lying at the base of a large Lemon scented gum (Corymbia citriodora). No obvious reason for death.

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1 Comment

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Ohh, sad...

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

3158, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Dec 21, 2011
Submitted on Dec 26, 2011

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