Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus) [XC405484]
by Marc Anderson from Coominglah Forest, North Burnett Regional, Queensland, Australia (call, song)
Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus) [XC87075]
by James Lambert from Burpengary Qld, Australia (song)
Nest
In a hole of a tree or stump.
Eggs (Guide)
3 - 5, sometimes 6; white; rounded; about 26 x 23 mm. Incubation: 19 days; by female.
Young
Fledge in about 5 weeks.
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Northern Rosella (Platycercus venustus) and Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius) and sometimes considered conspecific with both.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
adscitus (Latham, 1790) - North-eastern Qld, Cape York Peninsula south to about Cooktown.
palliceps Lear, 1832 - North-eastern Qld from about Mackay, south to northern New South Wales.
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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