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Australian Crimson Rosella. A large broad-tailed parrot, conspicuous and familiar in east and southeast Australia. Adults are predominantly deep crimson, heavily mottled black on the back, with blue throat/cheek patches, blue shoulder to the wing and blue-green tail. Often seen in groups its flight is fast and swooping. Often with slow motion wing beats. It lives in domestic gardens to farmlands to forests and watercourses. Most of the day is spent feeding in the tree tops or on the ground. They eat seeds, fruits, blossoms.
