northern Rosella - (Platycercus yenustus)

The northern rosella (Platycercus yenustus), formerly known as Brown’s rosella or the smutty rosella, is a species of parrot native to northern Australia, ranging from the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land to the Kimberly. It was described by Heinrich Kohl in 1820, and two subspecies are recognised. The species is unusually coloured for a rosella, with a dark head and neck with pale cheeks - predominantly white in the subspecies from the Northern Territoryand blue in the Western Australian subspecies hillii.The northern rosella’s mantle and scapulars are black with fine yellow scallops, while its back, rump and underparts are pale yellow with fine black scallops. The long tail is blue-green, and the wings are black and blue-violet.