Golden Mantled Rosella
by Lydia Holly
Title
Golden Mantled Rosella
Artist
Lydia Holly
Medium
Photograph - Photography-textured
Description
The Golden-mantled Rosella (Platycercus eximius elecica / Platycercus eximius ceciliae) - also known as Cecilia's Rosella - is native to South-eastern Queensland and North-eastern New South Wales in Australia.
Golden Mantle Rosellas average 12 inches (30 cm) in length.
In the normal form of the Golden Mantle red covers the nape of the neck and extends to the upper breast. The cheek patches are white. Black feathers edged with golden yellow cover the back producing a pearling effect while the wing converts and tail are a bright blue. A green suffusion can be seen on the rump, abdomen and tail.
Hens are often slightly duller in color. In mature Golden Mantle hens of the normal form you can see a white striping under the wing feathers but this is not so when dealing with all the Golden Mantle mutations.
Sexing young birds can prove difficult and DNA sexing may be the only way to know for sure at a young age. However, it may be possible to sex birds that are at least 9 months as the molt into adult plumage. .However birds at least 9 months old can be visualy sexed.
Young birds attain the adult coloration after their second molt - when they are about 12 to 16 months old. At that time they also become sexually mature.
Source: Beauty of Birds Website
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November 18th, 2014
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Comments (27)
Lingfai Leung
Amazing work. Congrats on all your features. L/f
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you Lingfai for your kind and encouraging comment. I also appreciate you choosing this piece as a favorite/like!
Lydia Holly
Thank you " The Creator's Touch," "Art By God," and " 3 a day AAA Images" for the features!
Beverly Guilliams
Stunning image and Colors, Lydia....Wonderful capture and Details...............v./f.