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Eastern Rosella
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species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Platycercus
- Image
- Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius) in tree-2c.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Platycercus eximius
- Commons category
- Platycercus eximius
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- Platycercus eximius
- taxon common name
- periquito-omnicolor
- endemic to
- Australia
- litter size
- 6
- egg incubation period
- 19
- short name
- P. eximius
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Encyclopedic overview
The eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius) is a parrot native and endemic to south-eastern Australia. It was first introduced to New Zealand in cages, and individuals were subsequently intentionally released or accidentally escaped into the wild. In New Zealand, it is now established in the North Island (notably in the northern half of the island, Taranaki, Waikato and in the Hutt Valley) and in the hills around Dunedin in the South Island.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern Rosella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.