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WoodlandCavity nestMedium · 104 g
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The length of eastern rosella is 30 cm (12 in). Its cheeks are white, and it has a red-coloured head. The beak is white, and the irises are brown. Its upper breast is red, and its lower breast is yellow and fades to pale green over the abdomen. The black feathers on the back and shoulders have yellowish and greenish margins which gives the scalloped look that differs between the sexes and subspecies. The wings and lateral tail feathers are bluish, the tail is dark green, and the legs are grey.
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When to see the Eastern Rosella
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eastern Rosella
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 12 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Chile, Martinique, United States, Czechia, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal.
About the Eastern Rosella
The eastern rosella is a parrot native and endemic to south-eastern Australia. It was first introduced to New Zealand in cages, and individuals were subsequently intentionally released or accidentally escaped into the wild. In New Zealand, it is now established in the North Island and in the hills around Dunedin in the South Island.
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Easily confused with
Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegansPlatycercus elegans is a medium-sized Australian parrot at 36 cm (14 in) long, much of which is tail.
Pale-headed RosellaPlatycercus adscitusThe pale-headed rosella is 33 cm (13 in) long, which includes the 15 cm length of its tail.
Green RosellaPlatycercus caledonicusThe green rosella is the largest member of the rosella genus.
Side by side: Crimson Rosella vs Eastern Rosella · Eastern Rosella vs Pale-headed Rosella · Eastern Rosella vs Green Rosella
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