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Crimson
(Adelaide) Rosella -
Platycercus elegansxflaveolus
Resident. Very
common. Adult has blue cheek patches, orange-red fore-crown and belly,
black and yellow mottled back, blue wings and tail. Juvenile is mostly
dull olive-green with blue cheeks and some red on face and belly. Feed
in trees and on ground.
Voice: noisy chatter,
bell-like call, raucous screech.
Call
1: bell-like call
Call 2: screech while flying
Call 3: pink-pink-pink call


Photographs and
sounds courtesy Merilyn Browne.
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