Platycercus elegans
12 Crimson Rosella at Jerrabomberra, NSW
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| Platycercus elegans | Liam.m | 7 May 2025 | |
| Platycercus elegans flaveolus | CarbonAI | 5 May 2025 | |
| Platycercus elegans flaveolus | KMcCue | 5 May 2025 |
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The photographer, David, was startled to see this rosella and managed to lure it back with food to get a photograph, recognising it was very different to a normally coloured Crimson Rosella
3 comments
6 May 2025
This is an unusual Crimson Rosella and from what I can gather, is a result of a genetic mutation, specifically a dilution or white mutation, affecting the bird's plumage colour. It's most likely caused by a recessive allele that reduces or eliminates pigment production (in this case red), resulting in a white or pale-coloured bird. It's likely that a combination of dilution and recessive mutations are responsible for the white colour.
6 May 2025
Thanks Patrick, I think that is what the photographer David thought, a pale Crimson Rosella.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.195730-35.405227
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Sep 2017 05:57 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
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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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