Pale-headed Rosella; near Fielding

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Jake
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Pale-headed Rosella; near Fielding

Postby Jake » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:50 pm

Just saw a really excellent candidate for a Pale-headed Rosella/ Pale-headed Rosella Hybrid out at Kitchener Park, Feilding. I genuinely thought I'd seen one there a couple of years ago but put it down to weird lighting and excitement ie human error - I still did some low-key inquiries back then. Below are the two checklists that document things! Because it was showing both sexual/courtship behavior and some red feathers, it's likely a hybrid (or leucistic?), though red feathers are typical in juveniles

https://ebird.org/checklist/S57351757

https://ebird.org/atlasnz/checklist/S118479777

I'm no longer living in the district, just shot through cos Bunnings had stock that the Palmy store didn't. Alas, no bins or camera. Good luck guys

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