Green Rosella
OccasionalGBIF 24.1·Dongniao Rarity Index9.11
Green Rosella（Platycercus caledonicus），是鹦形目长尾鹦鹉科玫瑰鹦鹉属的鸟类，原生于澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚州和巴斯海峡岛屿。这种大型鹦鹉以绿色和黄色为主色调，带有蓝色颊斑和翅膀。广泛出现在各种林地生境，包括城市区域、果园和花园，但主要栖息于硬叶林和灌木林地。绿背玫瑰鹦鹉的体型在同类中最大，长约37厘米。
Green Rosella
32-38 cm. Robust blue-cheeked rosella: confined to Tas. region where it replaces Crimson Rosella. Male: rich yellow with red forehead; blue cheeks; upperparts dark green with black mottling; rump olive-yellow; shoulder, edge of wing, tail blue. Female: greener, duller. Juvenile: duller olive, with pale wingstripe. Pairs; autumn-winter flocks; mixes with Eastern Rosellas. Feeds in foliage of eucalypts, tree ferns, wattles; blackberries, thistles; orchard fruit, grain crops; on ground in clearings, pastures. Flight strong, sometimes high; note rich yellow head and underparts.
- Voice
- 'kussik, kussik'; bell-like contact-note; shrill alarm calls.
- Habitat
- forests, woodlands, farmland; timber along rivers; briar-scrub, hawthorn hedges, crops, orchards, gardens.
- Breeding
- Nov.-Feb.
- Nest
- in tree-hollow; building cavity.
- Eggs
- 4-8; white, rounded.
- Range & Status
- Tas.; Flinders, King, Hunter Is.; Kent Group. Common. Sedentary, with local winter movements.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Platycercus caledonicus caledonicus 2. Platycercus caledonicus brownii
