Eastern Rosella
Platycercus eximius(Shaw, G, 1792)
English (US) Eastern Rosella
The Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius) 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 eximius
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eastern Rosella
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1792)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Platycercus eximius elecica
- Platycercus eximius eximius
- Platycercus eximius diemenensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus eximius
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1792)
- Type locality
- New Holland = New South Wales apud Mathews.
- Original description
- The naturalist's miscellany 3, no.7 pl.93
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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