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White-cheeked Rosella

DESCRIPTION:

 

The Eastern Rosella is also called a Rosehill parakeet, or Rosy. It will be found in pairs or flocks in scrub, savannah, woods and even farmland, where it seeks seeds, fruit,berries,nectar,blossoms and insects.It breeds in September to January, and nests in holes, not only in trees and stumps, but even in fence posts. The Eastern Rosella has a scarlet head, neck and breast with whitish cheeks that are quite distinctive. The female is a bit duller and has bulkier feathers.


White-cheeked Rosella
By Ben and Corey
October 1998

CALL:

The Eastern Rosella has a clear, high pitched ringing call uttered in flight, soft conversational chattering notes, and a soft, clear piping call uttered from a perch in a tree.

DISTRIBUTION:

The White Cheeked Rosella is wide-spread in Eastern Australia from Cape York to Tasmania, and in the Top End from Kimberley to Queensland border, but it is much less numerous in the tropics than in the Southeast, it has also been introduced to New Zealand.

INTERESTING FACTS: 

Not only does the Eastern Rosella nest in trees or stumps but it also nests in fence posts.

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Bibliography :

Birds of Australia
Multimedia CD published by Websters

Research by Ben and Corey 4/5s

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