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Blue-Cheeked Yellow Rosella

Platycerus elegans - race flaveolus

Photo by KerryHawkins
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue cheeked rosella with a yellow body, blue wings and tail.

Habitat:

Woodland in Leeton

Notes:

This guy was sitting on a branch on the side of a dirt road. It very happily sat there for me to get some photos.

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Comments (4)
KerryHawkins
Thanks kdpicturemaker. I was so excited to spot this one. We were driving down a dirt road in Leeton NSW and I was telling my husband stop, stop!!! Poor thing had no idea why. I couldn't believe my eyes.
kdpicturemaker
Not such an easy bird to find as one might think. Great photos & spotting this one KerryH.
KerryHawkins
Thanks Leanne. So pleased to see this bird for the first time ever.

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PublishedSeptember 21, 2013

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