Platycercus elegans

Crimson Rosella at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

	Platycercus elegans	31 Aug 2021	natureguy
	Platycercus elegans x eximius (hybrid)	30 Aug 2021	KMcCue

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Watching the parrots you can understand how the term 'pecking order' arose. I suspect this id is correct - a hybrid, a loser in the pecking order with Crimson Rosellas.

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natureguy wrote:

31 Aug 2021

Just a juvenile Crimson Rosella.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.081361 -35.258256
Altitude 642.1m
Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
28 Aug 2021 03:17 PM Recorded on
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Species information

Platycercus elegans Scientific name
Crimson Rosella Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1248m Recorded at altitude
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