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Crimson Rosella
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Early blossom brings the parrots to feed. I think it may be a crimson rosella.
Crimson Rosellas are normally encountered in small flocks and are easily attracted to garden seed trays. Once familiar with humans, they will accept hand held food. Natural foods include seeds of eucalypts, grasses and shrubs, as well as insects and some tree blossoms.
There are several colour forms of the Crimson Rosella. The form it is named for has mostly crimson (red) plumage and bright blue cheeks. The feathers of the back and wing coverts are black broadly edged with red. The flight feathers of the wings have broad blue edges and the tail is blue above and pale blue below and on the outer feathers. Birds from northern Queensland are generally smaller and darker than southern birds. The 'Yellow Rosella' has the crimson areas replaced with light yellow and the tail more greenish. The 'Adelaide Rosella' is intermediate in colour, ranging from yellow with a reddish wash to dark orange. Otherwise, all the forms are similar in pattern. Young Crimson Rosellas have the characteristic blue cheeks, but the remainder of the body plumage is green-olive to yellowish olive (occasionally red in some areas). The young bird gradually attains the adult plumage over a period of 15 months
Similar species
The adult Crimson Rosella is similar to male Australian King-Parrots, but differs by having blue cheeks, shoulders, and tail, a whitish, rather than red, bill and a dark eye. Immature Crimson Rosellas also differ from female and immature King-Parrots by having blue cheeks, a whitish bill and a more yellow-green rather than dark green colouring.
Where does it live?
Distribution
There are several populations of the Crimson Rosella. Red (crimson) birds occur in northern Queensland, in southern Queensland to south-eastern South Australia and on Kangaroo Island. Orange birds are restricted to the Flinders Ranges region of South Australia, while yellow ones are found along the Murray, Murrumbidgee and neighbouring rivers (where yellow birds meet red birds they hybridise, producing orange offspring). Red birds have been introduced to Norfolk Island and New Zealand.
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Hi Murray,
Nice to see your pictures at TN too.
Nice close up shot of this colorful bird. Sharp, neat, and great details. Greatly composed.
Ben Lakitan
Hi Murray,
Good pose from your feathered friend!
It is nice to see this colourful bird in the wild, well framed image...
I might try to get some more punch, maybe through levels and/or contrast adjustment!
Greetings,
Pablo -
Hi Murray,
This is a beautiful Crimson Rosella :) I like the way it is hiding and framed in amongst the branches, munching away on those lovely blossoms, and also giving you eye contact. Unfortunately I don't get this variety of rosellas in my backyard, but sometimes I see them when bushwalking. I often get the Pale-Headed White-Cheeked Rosellas, which are also very pretty.
Nice capture in a lovely natural setting!
Claudia
hi Murray, my friend!
Everybody likes to see these parrots in their natural habitat. Here you have chosen both a beautiful parrot and a beautiful surrounding of the blossoming tree. I could not stop myself of sacrificing some of the blossoms for the sake of bringing the beautiful parrot nearer for better observation - see my workshop.
TFS
Anton
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