Northern Rosella
Platycercus venustus(Kuhl, H, 1820)
English (US) Northern Rosella
The Northern Rosella (Platycercus venustus) 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 venustus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern Rosella
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Platycercus venustus venustus
- Platycercus venustus hilli
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus venustus
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
- Type locality
- New Holland, the type was taken at Arnhem Bay, Northern Territory, fide Mathews, Bds. Austr., 6, 1917, p. 350.
- Original description
- Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 10 p.52
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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