I'd love to have the images of the crosses along with as much information
known about the birds. I'll publish them to the web with full attribution.
I'd like to know what these crosses might look like if I run into them in
the wild.
Kai
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Graeme Bullock <>
wrote:
> Interesting, and just to add to the list, fairly clear evidence of Green
> rosella X Eastern here at Coles Bay/Swanwick in Tas. Anyone who wants
> images
> please contact me offline
> Graeme Bullock
>
> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 16:33:18 +1000
> From: "Barney Enders" <>
> To: <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] X Breeding in the wild.
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> I recently went back to Reedy Swamp at Shepparton where I photographed a
> cock Yellow Rosella feeding a Crimson Rosella hen which
>
> he had called out of the hollow they were nesting in last year, I found him
> again feeding her but could not find any of last year's young around the
> area.
>
>
>
> Is this a common occurrence and if so what are the colours of the young, do
> they look like Adelaide Rosella's which can vary from very light
> (Yellowish)to
>
> dark colours (Reddish- Orange) in the orchards in the Adelaide Hills ?
>
> Do they interbreed further down the Murray or don't the Crimsons exist
> further downstream ?
>
>
>
> I have seen plenty of Crimsons and Eastern crosses and there are several
> pairs of Eastern x Pale-headed crosses on the Gold Coast.
>
>
>
> Galah X Corella used to be seen around Echuca years ago and there is a
> flock of several birds of Galah x Corellas I photographed at Denmark W A
>
>
>
> Many Major Mitchells, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Corella crosses can
> be
> found in aviaries around the country including a Red-rumped X Adelaide
> Rosella
>
> once bred by mistake in an aviary.
>
>
>
> Most Neophemas x breed in aviaries which is a pity and Princess have been
> crossed with Regents In W A, Red-rumped and Mulgas will breed if kept in
> the
> same
>
> aviary which often happens in Zoos etc.
>
> Regents and Red-winged Parrots will interbreed also if housed with each
> other.
>
> Barney.
>
>
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