Description
Superb early engraving of the Crimson Rosella
Common names: King Parrot, Southern King Parrot, King Lory
Modern binomial name: Alisterus scapularis
First described: Lichtenstein 1816.
Distribution: VIC NSW & QLD
Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds 2nd ed 1986 Page: 293, ill. 292
From George Shaw’s, & General Zoology or Systematic Natural History.



