Ageing and Sexing Eastern Rosellas
| Posted: |
07/10/2021 |
| Author(s): |
Edmund Wyndham, John Le Gay Brereton |
In field studies of birds it is often necessary to age and sex individuals. Both
sexes of Eastern Rosellas
Platycercus eximius have similar plumage but that of adult
males, particularly the red feathers of head and breast are brighter than those of
females and young birds. Another differences is the two rows of spots on the underwing
coverts and remiges; these are present in young birds, retained to a varying degree
in adult females and lost in adult males (Lendon 1941; Smith and Brereton 1976).
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