Pale-headed Rosella

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Pale-headed Rosella
Pale-headed Rosella
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae Subfamily: Platycercinae Tribe: Platycercini Genus: Platycercus Species: P. adscitus
Binomial name
Platycercus adscitus (Latham, 1790)

The Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus), also known as the Mealy Rosella, Moreton bay Rosella or Blue Rosella, is a parrot native to eastern Australia.

Pale-headed Rosella has two subspecies, palliceps (eastern Queensland), known as the Blue-cheeked rosella, and adscitus (Cape York Peninsula). The Eastern Rosella is frequently considered conspecific with this species; this would add another 3 subspecies.

[edit] Size

Length: 300mm which includes a 150mm tail.

[edit] Identification

The pale-headed rosella's body is mostly covered in blue except for the upper breast and head which are cream-yellow, the tail which is blue-black and green and the vent which is blood red.