Description
The name Rosella was acorruption of ‘Rosehiller’, the name the early colonists gave the species, that had been found at Rose Hill.
Shaw & Nodder common name The Nonpareil Parrot.
Modern common name Eastern Rosella, White-cheeked Rosella
Shaw & Nodder binomial name or protonym Psittacus eximius
Modern binomial name Platycercus eximius
First described Shaw 1792 Distribution Australia wide (mainland).
Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds 1982 Page: p.304-5, ill. 304 & 305
From Shaw’s General Zoology or systematic Natural History
