Eastern Rosella

base stats

• NL sightings 3iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 21,506iNaturalist observations
• 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

• 👀Spotted 3 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍21,506 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1792 (234 years ago).
• 🧳Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.

fact sheet

English

Eastern Rosella

Nederlands

Prachtrosella

scientific name

Platycercus eximius

class

Aves

order

Psittaciformes

family

Psittaculidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

in NL

introduced

sightings in NL

3

sightings in Europe

46

sightings worldwide

21,506

GBIF records in NL

84

weight

—

length

—

lifespan

—

named

1792 by George Shaw

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.