Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Crimson Rosella
The Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Platycercus elegans
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crimson Rosella
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Platycercus elegans nigrescens
- Platycercus elegans filewoodi
- Platycercus elegans elegans
- Platycercus elegans melanopterus
- Platycercus elegans adelaidae
- Platycercus elegans subadelaidae
- Platycercus elegans flaveolus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus elegans
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- No locality = New South Wales, apud Mathews, infra.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.318
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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