Australasian Birds

Psittacidae : Parrots

Yellow Rosella

Platycercus elegans flaveolus

Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Australia - October 2010

Yellow Rosella is often regarded as being conspecific with Crimson Rosella (P. elegans) due to the presence of a broad hybridization zone at the boundary of the two species ranges.

Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Australia - October 2010

They are only found in the interior of southeastern Australia along the Murray and Murrumbidgee river systems.

Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Australia - October 2010