Subspecies Platycercus (Violania) eximius elecica Schodde & Short, 1989
- Platycercus eximius elecica Schodde, R. & Short, L.L. in Schodde, R. 1989. New subspecies of Australian birds. Canberra Bird Notes 13: 119-122 [Date published Feb. 1989: publication dated as Dec. 1988] [120] [also as incorrect subsequent spelling, elicica by Wells, R.W. & Wellington, R. 1992. A classification of the cockatoos and parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) of Australia. Sydney Basin Naturalist 1: 107–169 [Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240)]].
Type data:
Holotype ANWC 37583 ♂ adult, Lynche's Creek, Wiangaree, NSW. - Platycercus eximius aureodorsalis McAllan, I.A.W. & Bruce, M.D. 1989. The Birds of New South Wales A Working List. Turramurra, New South Wales : Biocon Research Group vii 103 pp. [publication dated 1988, published May 1989] [44].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♂ adult (H.L. White coll. no. 4633), Copmanhurst, NSW.
Paratype(s) NMV ♀ adult (H.L. White coll. no. 4632).
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] (as P. e. cecilae Mathews, 1912)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Central coastal E Australia, north to the NSW-QLD border ranges and along the summit ridges of the Great Dividing Range to about Toowoomba, QLD, south to the Hunter River drainage, NSW, and west to the summit ridges of the Great Dividing Range, reaching the regions of the Mole River, Inverell, Manilla, and Dunnedoo, NSW. Intergrades with P. e. eximius (Shaw, 1792) along southern and western limits north to Gunnedah-Inverell, NSW, and with P. e. palliceps Lear, 1832 at northern limits from Gold Coast, Tweed River and NSW-QLD border ranges south-west to Inverell and Bingara, NSW.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, folivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low woodland, nomadic, open forest, resident, tall forest, terrestrial, volant, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, in tall eucalypt forest, open eucalypt woodland and the edges of pasture, feeds mainly on seeds on ground and in tree canopy (Eucalyptus), 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.
General References
Brereton, J. Le G. 1963. The life cycles of three Australian parrots: some comparative and population aspects. Living Bird 2: 21-29 [Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B] (general biology, life cycle)
Brereton, J. Le G. & Pidgeon, R. 1966. The language of the Eastern Rosella. Australian Natural History 15: 225-229 (voice)
Brereton, J. Le G. & Sourry, C. 1959. Some observations on the distribution and abundance of closely-related parrots of the New England district of New South Wales. The Emu 59: 93-100 (ecological distribution, habitat)
Cannon, C.E. 1981. The diet of Eastern and Pale-headed Rosellas. The Emu 81: 101-110 (diet, ecology of diet)
Cannon, C.E. 1983. Descriptions of foraging behaviour of Eastern and Pale-headed Rosellas. Bird Behaviour 4: 63-70 (feeding behaviour)
Cannon, C.E. 1984. Flock size of feeding Eastern and Pale-headed Rosellas (Aves: Psittaciformes). Australian Wildlife Research 11: 349-355 (behaviour)
Cannon, C.E. 1984. Rosellas, Platycercus spp., and their hybrids in the eastern Queensland - New South Wales border region. The Australian Zoologist 21: 175-183 (estimates of hybridization by field observation)
Courtney, J. 1967. Observations on hybridism among rosellas in the natural state. The Emu 67: 152-154 (hybridization with P. elegans (Gmelin, 1788))
Wyndham, E., Brereton, J. le G. & Beeton, R.J.S. 1983. Moult and plumages of Eastern Rosellas, Platycercus eximius. The Emu 83: 242-246 (physiological cycles, biorythms)
Wyndham, E. & Brereton, J. le G. 1982. Ageing and sexing Eastern Rosellas. Corella 6: 89-91 (morphology, ontogeny)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | 01-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2020 | 28-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |