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;[[: Category:Platycercus|Platycercus]] elegans | ;[[: Category:Platycercus|Platycercus]] elegans | ||
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*Tail blue above, pale blue undertail | *Tail blue above, pale blue undertail | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Australia]], introduced to [[New Zealand]]. | [[Australia]], introduced to [[New Zealand]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:17, 13 March 2009
- Platycercus elegans
Identification
32-36cm.
- Crimson plumage
- Blue cheeks
- Black back and wing coverts, edged with red
- Blue edged flight feathers
- Tail blue above, pale blue undertail
Juvenile
- Blue cheeks
- Green-olive to yellow olive plumage
Distribution
Australia, introduced to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
There are 4 subspecies.
Habitat
Euclypt and wet forest.
Behaviour
They nest in a tree hollow, lined with wood shavings and dust. 4-8 white eggs are laid and are incubated by the female for about 20 days; both sexes care for the young. The young fledge after about 35 days, but depend on their parents for a further 35 days.
References
austmus.gov; Wikipedia
