Platycercus elegans flaveolus
1 Yellow Rosella at Undefined Area
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| Platycercus elegans flaveolus | Darcy | 15 Dec 2023 | |
| Platycercus elegans flaveolus | PaulF | 3 Aug 2021 |
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4 Aug 2021
Looks like it might be a hybrid between a crimson and yellow rosella. They're both subspecies of P. elegans, and can interbreed, hence the yellow body but with a lot of orange bits. It's pretty common to see hybrids around albury-wodonga
4 Aug 2021
I see what you mean Darcy. Interesting, I have read an article in the conversation that may be helping with disease resistance.
https://theconversation.com/colour-variability-in-crimson-rosellas-is-linked-to-a-virus-31668
https://theconversation.com/colour-variability-in-crimson-rosellas-is-linked-to-a-virus-31668
4 Aug 2021
Ah cool! Yeah, I find crimson's to be a really interesting species. It's what's known as a ring-species, where essentially all the various subspecies are on the brink of splitting off into separate species, but they're not quite there yet, as these hybrids attest to. Interestingly, crimsons have been found to be able to tell the various subspecies apart using feather odour. This article makes for quite an interesting read, in particular I like the map near the start showing the distribution of the various subspecies, and the 'hybrid zone' between the crimson and yellow rosellas, which extends from around albury-wodonga, up to near gundagi: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347214002887?casa_token=fqKaMOunzQkAAAAA:rmyyyn52ee1kmkqfJhloMgVyxgq6MBACIbq0lLVWl3J4KyN7PEtJraFl7TIcNR7az_eSh1Rs0m8
4 Aug 2021
I can hear the difference between the call of a yellow rosella and a crimson rosella. And they clearly think they are different - I caught a group of crimson rosellas chasing a yellow rosella one day - they were interested but nearly chased it to death!
Location information
- Coordinates 146.941330-36.093770
- Places East Albury, NSW
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- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Aug 2021 11:34 AM Recorded on
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- Platycercus elegans flaveolus Scientific name
- Yellow Rosella Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 382.33m Recorded at altitude
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