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Platycercus eximius
Rosella Ro"sel"la, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa rose.] (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.

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- subspecies. These colourful parrots from Australia are in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed", reflecting a feature common...
- Commons has media related to Platycercus eximius. Wikispecies has information related to Platycercus eximius. "Platycercus (Violania) eximius (Shaw, 1792)...
- Platycercus in 1825, based on the distinctive architecture of the feathers in the tail and wing, and designated the crimson rosella (as Platycercus pennantii)...
- The green rosella or Tasmanian rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) is a species of parrot native to Tasmania and B**** Strait islands. It was described by...
- The broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a medium-sized hummingbird species found in highland regions from western United States and...
- The pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus), is a broad-tailed parrot of the genus Platycercus native to northeastern Australia. It is a moderate-size...
- Cyanoramphus cooki Genus Platycercus Western rosella, Platycercus icterotis Crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans Adelaide rosella, Platycercus (elegans) adelaidae...
- The northern rosella (Platycercus venustus), formerly known as Brown's rosella or the ****ty rosella, is a species of parrot native to northern Australia...
- Cyanoramphus cookii Genus Platycercus Western rosella, Platycercus icterotis Crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans Adelaide rosella, Platycercus (elegans) adelaidae...
- Kuhl, 1820 [and Temminck 1821]; Platycercus stanleyii Vigors, 1830; Platycercus icterotis salvadori Mathews. Platycercus (Violania) icterotis xanthogenys...