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Eastern rosella

Platycercus eximius (Shaw, 1792)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 103.8 g to 104.5 g and live up to 27.4 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the eastern rosella

Weight
104 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
27.4 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
19.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
5.6 – 6src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
11.9 months – 2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the eastern rosella live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The eastern rosella is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the eastern rosella?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius) is a parrot native and endemic to south-eastern Australia. It was first introduced to New Zealand in cages, and individuals were subsequently intentionally released or accidentally escaped into the wild. In New Zealand, it is now established in the North Island (notably in the northern half of the island, Taranaki, Waikato and in the Hutt Valley) and in the hills around Dunedin in the South Island.

From the Wikipedia article “Eastern rosella” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_rosella&oldid=1378892483), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the eastern rosella endangered?

The eastern rosella is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the eastern rosella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPlatycercus
  7. SpeciesPlatycercus eximius (Shaw, 1792)

Synonyms Psittacus eximius

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • روزلة شرقيةArabic
  • cotorra multicolorCatalan
  • rosela pestráCzech
  • Rosela’r dwyrainWelsh
  • RosellaDanish
  • RosellasittichGerman
  • BuntsittichGerman
  • eosta rozelpapagoEsperanto
  • rosella comúnSpanish
  • Perico multicolorSpanish
  • hund-rosellapapagoiEstonian
  • valkokurkkurosellaFinnish
  • Perruche omnicoloreFrench
  • Platycerque omnicoloreFrench
  • רוסלה מזרחיתHebrew
  • crvenoglava rozelaCroatian
  • keleti rozellaHungarian
  • rozellapapagájHungarian
  • Rosella orientaleItalian
  • ナナクサインコJapanese
  • burli-burlikgs
  • paprastoji rozelaLithuanian
  • Kākā uhi wheroMāori
  • PrachtrosellaDutch
  • praktrosellaNorwegian
  • rozella białolicaPolish
  • rosela-orientalPortuguese
  • periquito-omnicolorPortuguese
  • rosela-multicoloridaPortuguese
  • Roselha-do-lestePortuguese
  • РозеллаRussian
  • Белощёкая розеллаRussian
  • Обыкновенная розеллаRussian
  • rozela pestráSlovak
  • Prava rozelaSerbian
  • นกแก้วโรเซลลาตะวันออกThai
  • Doğulu RozellaTurkish
  • розела білогорлаUkrainian
  • guriyayilxdk
  • 东澳玫瑰鹦鹉Chinese
  • 東方玫瑰鸚鵡Chinese
  • 澳東玫瑰鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the eastern rosella

Other species in the same genus Platycercus.

LC, Least Concern
Green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)

Green rosella

Platycercus caledonicus

Psittaculidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the eastern rosella?

An adult eastern rosella weighs 104 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the eastern rosella live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the eastern rosella for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the eastern rosella endangered?

The eastern rosella is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the eastern rosella live?

The eastern rosella has a recorded lifespan of 27.4 years.

What kind of animal is the eastern rosella?

The eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{eastern_rosella_2026,
  title = {Eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-rosella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}