Species Platycercus (Violania) eximius (Shaw, 1792)

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Species Platycercus (Violania) eximius (Shaw, 1792)

Eastern Rosella

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp. [67]
Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [181] (P. capitatus Shaw, 1812)

Introduction

Following Christidis and Boles (2008: 155), the 'Platycercus eximius-adscitus-venustus' complex is separated into individual species.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

SE Australia, north to Hunter River east of Great Dividing Range and to about Nandewar Range on western slopes of range, NSW—south throughout VIC (except Victorian Alps, forested E Gippsland and NW mallee) and south-west to the South-East of SA as far as middle Coorong and Tintinara—inland to Pilliga, Warren, Euabalong, Cocoparra Range, NSW, and along the Murray-Murrumbidgee river systems to Mildura-Dareton, NSW/VIC—also established (partly from introductions?) in S Mt Lofty Range north to Mt Pleasant and Barossa Valley, SA. Intergrades with P. e. elecica Schodde & Short, 1989 along summit ridges and western slopes of Great Dividing Range between Hunter-Goulburn Rivers and Inverell, NSW, and with P. e. palliceps Lear, 1832 between lower Gwydir and Namoi Rivers (region of Moree-Narrabri-Warialda), NSW.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, folivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low woodland, nomadic, open forest, resident, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, in open eucalypt woodland and edges of pasture, feeds mainly on seeds arboreally and on ground, flocks in small groups locally, flies in shallow undulations bringing wings in to side of body, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, wanders locally to seasonal food sources.