Pale-headed Rosella
英文名：Pale-headed Rosella（学名：Platycercus adscitus），是鹦形目鹦鹉科的鸟类。28–32 厘米。头部颜色最浅的澳大利亚鹦鹉。指名亚种（昆士兰东北部）：白色或黄白色，颊斑大而白，另有小块蓝色；上背羽毛黑色，边缘黄白色；下胸蓝白色；尾下覆羽红色；腰淡黄色。palliceps 亚种（昆士兰南部–新南威尔士东北部）：上体黄色更深；颊白色；胸和腰浅蓝灰色。未成年鸟：似暗淡的成鸟；雌鸟和未成年鸟略带粉色痕迹。成对、小群：在地面和枝叶花丛间取食；农作物、果园。飞行呈波浪状；注意腰部颜色：昆士兰北部为淡黄色；昆士兰南部为蓝灰色；新南威尔士东北部–昆士兰东南部因与东澳玫瑰鹦鹉杂交而呈青绿色。
Pale-headed Rosella
28-32 cm. Palest-headed Australian parrot. Nominate race (ne. Q): white or yellow-white with large white, and small blue, cheek patches; mantle feathers black, edged yellow-white; lower breast blue-white; undertail-coverts red; rump yellowish. Race palliceps (s. Q-ne. NSW): deeper yellow above; cheeks white; breast and rump pale blue-grey. Immature: like dull adults; female and imm. have traces of pink. Pairs, small flocks: feeds on ground and in foliage, blossoms; crops, orchards. Flight undulating; note rump colour: yellowish in n. Q; blue-grey in s. Q; turquoise in ne. NSW-se. Q, from cross-breeding with Eastern Rosella.
- Voice
- flight call, hard 'crik crik'; rapid, soft, high-pitched 'fee fee fee'.
- Habitat
- open forest, woodlands, scrublands, timbered watercourses, grasslands, clearings, roadsides, farmlands, orchards, crops, lantana thickets.
- Breeding
- Sept.-Jan., or after rain.
- Nest
- in tree hollow, stump, fence post.
- Eggs
- 3-5; white, rounded.
- Range & Status
- ne. Aust.: from C. York Pen. (Q) w. to Gilbert R.-Longreach (Q) and exceptionally to Bourke (NSW); s. to Tweed R., Inverell, Gunnedah, Pilliga and Walgett. Irregular s. to Richmond R. and Warrumbungle Range. Common. Sedentary.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Platycercus adscitus palliceps 2. Platycercus adscitus adscitus
