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Post by avinet on Apr 29, 2008 22:20:14 GMT 10
Anyone care to comment on the bird shown in the photo - it was photo'd in Maleny, inland from the Sunshine Coast, in an area where the only Rosella species is the Pale-head Rosella, and is a regular visitor to the garden it was in. My bet is that it is a Pale-head and Crimson Rosella hybrid since the blue on the wings is so prominent. Possibly an escaped Crimson met up with a lonely Pale-head and this resulted. cheers, Mike  |
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Post by zooyouthben on Apr 29, 2008 22:33:42 GMT 10
yeah i reckon the same as you
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Post by Jane on Apr 30, 2008 11:53:08 GMT 10
Looks like you'd be right Mike  The paleheads who hang around my yard cause me a few lost toes by feeding my red rump and mulga (when I still had one  ) hens. I'm sure they wouldn't hesitate to pick up a stray crimson hen. |
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Post by courtzrocks on Apr 30, 2008 13:57:47 GMT 10
Do you think rosella's can breed with king parrots?? Cos my mum gets king parrots and i think eastern rosellas and she said that there is a bird that looks like a king parrot but has some of the colours of the rosella that comes down and feeds in her bird feeder? I havent seen it yet but when i go down ill have a look and if it looks different ill try get a picture...is it possible cos she said there isnt many rosellas but there are lots of king parrots and this one looks like both.
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Post by avinet on Apr 30, 2008 21:33:55 GMT 10
The King parrot has been recorded by Sindel as hybridising with Crimson-wing, Superb, Princess, Crimson Rosella, the Green-winged and Amboinen King Parrots and remarkably the Rainbow Lorikeet. Since it has hybridized with the Crimson-wing it is possible I guess to also hybridize with the Eastern Rosella, but it appears never to have been reported. The Rainbow hbrid is quite remarkable - I hadn't heard of this until tonight - Sindel's book even has a photo of it and it looks much more like a Rainbow than a King Parrot. Must have been one mixed up bird  cheers, Mike |
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Post by zooyouthben on Apr 30, 2008 21:47:18 GMT 10
I have seen a Rainbow cross Princess, that was a crazy bird (a photo)
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Post by abby-oldaccount on May 2, 2008 7:53:32 GMT 10
Hmm Hybrids....probably best not to get me started. Yep I know (as demonstrated ) they can happen in the wild...and I think I'll stop there.
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Post by courtzrocks on May 2, 2008 15:41:00 GMT 10
Yeah the king parrot/eastern rosella would be a wild hybrid but I can't wait to see it when i go down in june. Mum said there aren't many rosella's around but heaps of king parrots and this one flies down with the king parrots to feed but looks a bit like both apparently.
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Post by Karen on May 11, 2008 22:07:24 GMT 10
It's daddy probably bred with my escaped female crimson rosella!!!  |
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Post by robert on Oct 5, 2008 19:57:11 GMT 10
more info on Rosellas here too. from Robert and Precious
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) hens. I'm sure they wouldn't hesitate to pick up a stray crimson hen.
