#1092 · 🐦 birds

Crimson Rosella

🇳🇱 Pennantrosella ·Platycercus elegans

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Kevin Schafer · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © David Cook · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © patrickkavanagh · CC BY 4.0
4. © I Am birdsaspoetry.com  · CC BY 4.0
5. © rodgerp · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © patrickkavanagh · CC BY 4.0
7. © Darryl Kirby · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Chris Lindorff · CC BY 4.0
9. © John Bromilow · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Darryl Kirby · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The crimson rosella ( Platycercus elegans ) is a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island. It is commonly found in, but not restricted to, mountain forests and gardens. The species as it now stands has subsumed two former separate species, the yellow rosella and the Adelaide rosella . Molecular studies show one of the three red-coloured races, var. nigrescens is genetically more distinct.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,332iNaturalist observations
weight 8.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
30,332 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 9 g.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (238 years ago).