Adelaide rosella |
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| Title : | Adelaide rosella |
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| Creator : | Gould, John, 1804-1881 | ||
| Source : | Birds of Australia, vol. 5, p. 22 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London | ||
| Publisher : | The author | ||
| Date of creation : | 1848 | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Dimensions : | 855 x 675 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Also known as the Smutty Parrot and Brown's Parrot, the Adelaide Rosella (Platycercus elegans adelaidae) ranges from the southern Mount Lofty Ranges to the lower Flinders Ranges. It eats seeds and fruits and nests in a hole in a tree. Considered a subspecies of the Crimson Rosella. John Gould obtained some of his best specimens, as he states in his text, in Adelaide and named the bird accordingly. The Adelaide Parrakeet as he called it was plentiful along the entire course of the River Torrens, and throughout the hills. He was concerned for its continued existence, as the colonists hunted the bird remorselessly both for sport and for the table. However today it is not threatened by extinction. |
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| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Further reading : | Cayley, Neville W. What bird is that?, Dingley, Vic. : Redwood Editions, 2000 |
| Internet links : | John Gould's Bird's of Australia : all volumes digitised by the National Library |
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