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Eastern Rosella

Platycercus eximius · Family Psittacidae

Platycercus eximius

Family Psittacidae

Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Psittacidae
GBIF occurrence records
833,472
Countries and territories with records
38
Eastern Rosella
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About this species

This species has 833,472 occurrence records from 38 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (93.1%) and New Zealand (6.8%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.71% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Platycercus eximius combines the genus name Platycercus with the species epithet eximius. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Platycercus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Platycercus elegans, Platycercus adscitus and Platycercus caledonicus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 324 species of the family Psittacidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psittacula krameri. Its record count is 12.6 times the family average (66,299). The family Psittacidae belongs to the order Psittaciformes, which has 337 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Psittacidae

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