Rosella vs Loriket - What's the difference?
rosella | loriket |
A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus'' (originally specifically ''Platycercus eximius ) which is native to Australia and nearby islands.
*1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 138:
*:Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella , hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.
