Rosellas are in a genus that consists of six species and nineteen subspecies. These colourful parrots from Australia are in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means "broad - tailed '' or "flat - tailed '', reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad - tailed parrot tribe. Their diet is mainly seeds and fruit.
a small parrot native to the australian outback is called
Rosellas rosellas