Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)

Other Names (World)
Green Rosella, Tasmanian Rosella, Mountain Rosella, Mountain Parrot, Yellow-bellied Parrot, Yellow-breasted Parrot, Yellow-bellied Parakeet, Yellow-breasted Parakeet

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
32 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Derivation
Plat-y-cerc'-us - Gk, platys, flat; Gk, cercos, tail: caledonicus - N.L., of (New) Caledonia (error: the bird does not occur there)

Habitat
Forests, woodlands, farmland. Trees along rivers. Briar-scrub, hawthorn hedges, crops, orchards and gardens.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Seeds of grasses and other plants, blossoms of eucalypts.

Voice
Bell-like note in contact. Shrill calls in alarm. A 'kussik, kussik'.

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Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (43)...)

Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) [XC496488]
by Ramit Singal from Eugenana, Devonport City Council, Tasmania, Australia (call)

Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) [XC608467]
by Marc Anderson from Lune River, Huon Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia (call, song)

Nest
In a hole of a tree.

Eggs (Guide)
4 or 5 sometimes 6; cream; rounded; about 30 x 24 mm. Incubation: 20 - 22 days; by female.

Young
Nidicolous and probably altricial. Fledge in about 5 weeks.

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

caledonicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) - Tasmania and larger islands in Bass Strait.
brownii (Kuhl, 1820) - King I. (Bass Strait).

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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