Eastern Rosella  by Parris and Milovale

Description

The Eastern Rosella is about 30cm long. They have long feathers and have bright and variable colors, including bright green, red blue, white and yellow.  Bulgarian's, well known as cage bird's, are small relatives to the Rosella. In the wild they are leafy green with brown and black bars on their heads and wings. The Eastern Rosella has small feather tails. 

 

Features:

The eastern Rosella is a collared bird. The Rosella has very strange feet. While most birds have three toes facing forward and one facing back these have two facing back. 

 

Habitat:

The eastern Rosella is a familiar sight in eastern parts of Australia. They are usually in pairs or family groups, though larger flocks may congregate during winter. It frequents woodlands and grassland. It's often seen in suburbs.  It flies in trees for seed, nectar, fruit and nests in hollows.  The birds live all their lives on land or around inland waterways. They may live mostly on the ground or in the bushes rarely ever touching their mate. They feed on the ground, but perch in bushes and trees southeast Australia and Tasmania .It was introduced to New Zealand 

 

This is where the Eastern Rosella lives

Location:

The eastern Rosella lives  nearly all over Australia in the bush and forest The eastern Rosella was first noted by early settlers at Rose Hill who called it Rosehiller, (the town of Rose Hill was given the aboriginal name Payette in 1791.)   

 

Breeding:

They lay their eggs in their soft feathers and their nest that is made out of sticks, mud and her or his feathers. They are very very soft. the baby chicks love their parents feathers. they do not like eating fruit when they are chicks. Eastern Rosellas are warm- blooded and lay eggs with hard shells. 

 

This is a picture of the eastern Rosella's digestive system.

This is the Eastern Rosella in flight.

More about Eastern Rosellas:

First they have a speck of every colour. Then they grow up with beautiful colours. Prefers lightly timbered country (open forest woodland, ravine, forest farmlands, towns)