The more colourful rosella species are popular as pet parrots and also as aviary birds. They can live for longer than 20 years, and they are relatively easy to breed.
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Lutino Elegant Parakeets
Torquizine Parakeets
Splendid Parakeet(Silver)
Australian Parakeets
Western Rosella
Platycercus icterotis
Origin: South West Australia
Crimson rosella
Platycercus elegans
Origin: Eastern & South Eastern Australia
Green rosella
Platycercus caledonicus
Origin: Tasmania & Bass Strait Islands
Pale-headed rosella
Platycercus adscitus
Origin: North Eastern Australia
Eastern rosella
Platycercus eximius
Origin: South East Australia & Tasmania
Northern rosella
Platycercus venustus
Origin: Northern Most Part of the Australian Continent
Australian Parakeets (Budgerigar)
The budgie is the most popular pet bird in the world. Budgies occur in a
large assortment of colors and patterns,
Budgies (Melopsittacus undulates)
Origin: Australia
Regent Parakeet or Regent Parrot
Regent Parrots make excellent hand-raised pets. They quickly pick up on
words and phrases and have a friendly nature.
Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus)
Origin: Australia
Turquoise Grass Parakeet
Australian grass parakeets are popular as pets or aviary birds due to their
colourful markings, small size and placid nature. The most common species as
pets are the bourke (bourke’s parakeet), scarlet-chested (splendid),
turquoisine, elegant parakeet, rock parrot, blue-winged parakeet, and the red-