Female © Geoff Dennis
Juvenile © Geoffrey Groom
Male © Geoffrey Groom
Female © David Boyle
+ 2
Pair © Thomas Job

Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis

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Identification

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Red-and-green rosella with a yellow cheek in adults. The only rosella found in southwestern Western Australia, where it inhabits open woodland habitats and parks, usually feeding on the ground. Adult mottled green and black (or red) above, with red underparts and crown, blue rump, and blue wings. Adult male has more intense colors than female; juvenile lacks yellow cheeks and is more extensively green. Two subspecies exist, varying in back color: the inland subspecies has a green-and-black back, the southwestern subspecies a red-and-black back. Call is a slow, ringing double note; also gives chattering calls.

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