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Juvenile or hybrid.

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Subject: Juvenile or hybrid.
From: Nick Payne <>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:44:49 +1000
I sent a couple of photos of a hybrid together with a normal Crimson Rosella to the list on 10 July: http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds/2010-07/msg00044.html.

Nick

On 31/08/10 18:38, Margaret Leggoe wrote:

Dear COGs,

 

I attach two photographs of “crimson rosellas” showing the back and rump.  The one dated 100828 is certainly a juvenile crimson rosella.  But the one dated 100831, I am not so sure about.  Could it be an Eastern /crimson rosella hybrid.  On thing struck me when I first saw the bird in the 100831 photo was its fire-engine red, rather than the crimson of the crimson rosella.  Also, with the yellow below, my first thought was it was an Eastern rosella.

 

In order not to make this email too big, I will send another two shots of the same two birds attached to another email showing the breast and abdomen views.

 

Interested to hear other people’s views.  Does anyone have a good photo of a hybrid they would like to share with us?


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