Crimson Rosella

Platycercus elegans - Perruche de Pennant

Systematics

Order
:
Psittaciformes
Family
:
Psittaculidés
Genus
:
Platycercus
Species
:
elegans

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 36 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 115 à 170 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) is a species of bird in the Psittaculidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

Platycercus elegans elegans (se Queensland to se South Australia)
Platycercus elegans nigrescens (ne Queensland)
Platycercus elegans filewoodi (ec Queensland)
Platycercus elegans melanopterus (Kangaroo I.)
Platycercus elegans adelaidae ()
Platycercus elegans subadelaidae (s Flinders range. South Australia)
Platycercus elegans flaveolus (Murray River. se Australia.)

Foreign names

Perruche de Pennant,
Perico elegante,
periquito-carmesim,
Pennantsittich,
Pennant-papagáj,
Pennantrosella,
Rosella cremisi,
blåkindad rosella,
Rødrosella,
rozela bažantia,
rosela Pennantova,
Pennants Parakit,
punarosella,
cotorra de Pennant,
rozella królewska,
Красная розелла,
アカクサインコ,
红玫瑰鹦鹉,
深紅玫瑰鸚鵡,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Parrots of the World, Joseph M. Forshaw
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Birds in backyards, Birds Australia and Australian Museum
New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
THE AVIANWEB, Sibylle Faye
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest