Rosella

This article is about the genus. For other uses, see Rosella (disambiguation).

Rosella
Adult crimson rosella (P. elegans)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Platycercini
Genus: Platycercus
Vigors, 1825
Type species
Psittacus pennantii[1]
Latham, 1790
Species

Rosellas /roʊˈzɛləz/[2] are in a genus that consists of six species and nineteen subspecies. These colourful parrots from Australia are in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed",[3] reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad-tailed parrot tribe. Their diet is mainly seeds and fruit.

  1. ^ "Psittaculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ "rosella". The Chambers Dictionary (9th ed.). Chambers. 2003. ISBN 0-550-10105-5.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LSJ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).