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Yellow pied birds are now being bred on the continent.


BARRABAND PARAKEET (Polytelis Swainsonii ) Popular and widely bred, with large numbers of young being available each year. Recently some breeders have sadly disposed of adult pairs due to supply of young outstripping demand. Quality is generally high, though care should be taken to obtain unrelated birds. Birds displaying a degree of yellow flecking are occasionally offered for sale.


ROCK PEBBLER PARAKEET (Polytelis Anthopeplus) Reasonably popular and widely bred, with large numbers of young being available each year. Again some breeders have disposed of adult pairs recently due to the supply of young outstripping demand. The depth of yellow colouration in cock birds varies significantly, reflecting the two geographically separated wild populations. A washed out dilute mutation and a lutino are now being bred on the continent.


PRINCESS OF WALES’ PARAKEET (Polytelis Alexandrae)


Not as readily available as it was only 10 years ago, good quality normal birds being particularly hard to come by, with demand outstripping supply. Considerable variation is seen in the intensity of the colouring on the cock’s head and particularly the rump. Length of tail, size of bird and even the overall body shape do vary considerably,


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however these are all seen in the bird’s massive wild range. Blue, lutino and albino mutations are well established, yellow pied birds are also occasionally seen.


TASMANIAN ROSELLA (Platycercus Caledonicus) Some very good quality birds now available, with few if any showing the adulteration caused by hybridisation with Pennant’s or Yellow Rosellas, which occasionally happened in the past. A reasonable number of breeding pairs are being kept, but as they take some time to mature and tend to have small clutches, demand usually outstrips supply. Thankfully no one has as yet been irresponsible enough to attempt to introduce mutations through hybridisation with other Rosellas, though yellow pied Tasmanians are now bred on the continent.


PENNANT’S ROSELLA (Platycercus Elegans Elegans) Very popular and widely bred, though good quality normal birds are becoming harder to find, many so called normals being adulterated with mutation blood. Birds showing characteristics of the sub species Nigrescens are occasionally seen, being slightly smaller and darker, and with chicks appearing from the nest being crimson with an almost bronzy wash, rather than a haphazard mix of olive green and dull red in the nominate race. A wide variety of mutations are now being bred, though the popularity of each new mutation tends not to last long with prices consequently plunging.


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