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Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans · Family Psittacidae
Platycercus elegans
Family Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 926,894
- Countries and territories with records
- 32
About this species
This species has 926,894 occurrence records from 32 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.6% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.84% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Platycercus elegans combines the genus name Platycercus with the species epithet elegans. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Platycercus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Platycercus eximius, Platycercus adscitus and Platycercus caledonicus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 324 species of the family Psittacidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psittacula krameri. Its record count is 14 times the family average (66,299). The family Psittacidae belongs to the order Psittaciformes, which has 337 species in the Warbla app catalog.