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Mike wrote:

7 May 2025

They love Pinus radiata, but I wish they didn't spread seed. Pine wildings are a pest plant in the ACT. This is another example of native birds becoming reliant on alien plants.

Zanda funerea

Liam.m wrote:

7 May 2025

Very likely to be an escapee (this form is quite common in captivity).

Platycercus elegans

Mike wrote:

6 May 2025

The female spent time pretending to be a bat. I couldn’t get a good photo of the male.

Callocephalon fimbriatum

KMcCue wrote:

6 May 2025

Thanks Patrick, I think that is what the photographer David thought, a pale Crimson Rosella.

Platycercus elegans

PatrickCampbell2 wrote:

6 May 2025

This is an unusual Crimson Rosella and from what I can gather, is a result of a genetic mutation, specifically a dilution or white mutation, affecting the bird's plumage colour. It's most likely caused by a recessive allele that reduces or eliminates pigment production (in this case red), resulting in a white or pale-coloured bird. It's likely that a combination of dilution and recessive mutations are responsible for the white colour.

Platycercus elegans