Backyard Buddies

• They are also known as the rosella, white-cheeked rosella or rosella parakeet.
• They mainly eat seeds but will also eat berries, blossoms, nectar, fruit and insects.
• Their flight is 'undulating' and close to the ground, and they glide upward into trees, fanning their tails as they land.
• Their heads and necks are bright red, their cheeks are white. Feathers on their backs and wings are black, edged with bright yellow-green or yellow. Their flight feathers are blue.
• Males and females appear similar but males are brighter on the head and breast than females.
• Many people recognise rosellas as the symbol on sauce bottles and soup cans in kitchens around Australia.

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