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The one
100831, is no doubt an Eastern /Crimson Rosella hybrid, as you
suggest. I don't know if it is an adult or
a juvenile Eastern / Crimson Rosella hybrid. Note that in the Eastern Rosella,
adults and juveniles are not very different in pattern, if the hybrid follows
that (and from what I have seen they do), then it would be hard to age
distinguish hybrids.
The other one looks to me like a normal immature
Crimson Rosella now growing adult feathers.
Philip
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?
Cheers
Margaret
Leggoe
PS: 100828 was shot on Callum Brae. 100831 was shot on Farrer
Ridge.
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