Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans
Taxonomy
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Platycercus
- eBird Code
- criros2
Vocalizations
Subspecies (7)
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Platycercus elegans adelaidae
south-central South Australia (Fleurieu Peninsula to Mount Lofty Ranges)
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Platycercus elegans elegans
southeastern Australia (southeastern Queensland southward to southeastern South Australia)
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Platycercus elegans filewoodi
northeastern Australia (Clarke-Connors Range, east-central Queensland)
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Platycercus elegans flaveolus
southeastern Australia (upstream from Murray River mouth to Albury on the Murray, Gundagai (Murrumbidgee), Whitfield (King), and Myrtleford (Ovens)
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Platycercus elegans melanopterus
south-central Australia (Kangaroo Island, off South Australia)
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Platycercus elegans nigrescens
northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland)
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Platycercus elegans subadelaidae
southern South Australia (southern Flinders Ranges)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.