Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Platycercus

Crimson Rosella

Platycercus elegans

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Platycercus elegans adelaidae

south-central South Australia (Fleurieu Peninsula to Mount Lofty Ranges)
Platycercus elegans elegans

southeastern Australia (southeastern Queensland southward to southeastern South Australia)
Platycercus elegans filewoodi

northeastern Australia (Clarke-Connors Range, east-central Queensland)
Platycercus elegans flaveolus

southeastern Australia (upstream from Murray River mouth to Albury on the Murray, Gundagai (Murrumbidgee), Whitfield (King), and Myrtleford (Ovens)
Platycercus elegans melanopterus

south-central Australia (Kangaroo Island, off South Australia)
Platycercus elegans nigrescens

northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland)
Platycercus elegans subadelaidae

southern South Australia (southern Flinders Ranges)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.