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Pale-headed rosella

Platycercus adscitus (Latham, 1790)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 110.4 g to 116.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus)
Photo: Glen Fergus · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pale-headed rosella

Weight
110.4 g – 116.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
20 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.9 – 4.25src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
17.9 monthssrc 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 pale-headed 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 pale-headed 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the pale-headed rosella?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus), is a broad-tailed parrot of the genus Platycercus native to northeastern Australia. It is a moderate-size parrot with a pale yellow head, predominantly white cheeks, scalloped black and gold back and pale blue underparts. Two subspecies are recognised, although some authorities consider it to be conspecific with the eastern rosella of southeastern Australia.

Found in open woodland, it feeds on seeds and fruit. As with other rosellas, the pale-headed rosella nests in hollows of large trees. It readily adapts to aviculture and is sold as a cagebird.

From the Wikipedia article “Pale-headed rosella” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pale-headed_rosella&oldid=1379919944), 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 pale-headed rosella endangered?

The pale-headed 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. What the categories mean.

How is the pale-headed rosella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPlatycercus
  7. SpeciesPlatycercus adscitus (Latham, 1790)

Synonyms Psittacus adscitus

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • White-cheeked rosellaEnglish
  • White-cheeked rosellaEnglish
  • روزلة شاحبة الرأسArabic
  • cotorra pàl·lidaCatalan
  • rosela žlutohlaváCzech
  • rosela penwynWelsh
  • Blåkindet RosellaDanish
  • BlasskopfrosellaGerman
  • BlasskopfsittichGerman
  • palkapa rozelpapagoEsperanto
  • Perico pálidoSpanish
  • sini-rosellapapagoiEstonian
  • vaalearosellaFinnish
  • Perruche à tête pâleFrench
  • Platycerque à tête pâleFrench
  • žutoglava rozelaCroatian
  • sápadtfejű rozellaHungarian
  • sápadtfejű rozellapapagájHungarian
  • Rosella testachiaraItalian
  • ホオアオサメクサインコJapanese
  • šviesiagalvė rozelaLithuanian
  • BleekkoprosellaDutch
  • blårosellaNorwegian
  • rozella bladaPolish
  • rosela-pálidaPortuguese
  • periquito-pálidoPortuguese
  • rosela-de-cabeça-pálidaPortuguese
  • Бледноголовая розеллаRussian
  • rozela šafranováSlovak
  • Plava bledoglava rozelaSerbian
  • vitkindad rosellaSwedish
  • Solgun RozellaTurkish
  • розела світлоголоваUkrainian
  • 淡头玫瑰鹦鹉Chinese
  • 淡頭玫瑰鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pale-headed rosella

Other species in the same genus Platycercus.

LC, Least Concern
Green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)

Green rosella

Platycercus caledonicus

Psittaculidae

ComparePale-headed rosella vs Crimson rosellaPale-headed rosella vs Eastern rosellaPale-headed rosella vs Northern rosellaPale-headed rosella vs Green rosella

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pale-headed rosella?

An adult pale-headed rosella weighs 110.4 g – 116.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the pale-headed rosella live?

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

Is the pale-headed rosella endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the pale-headed rosella?

The pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{pale_headed_rosella_2026,
  title = {Pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-headed-rosella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}