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Crimson Rosella - Platycercus elegans - Pennantrosella
East- and Southeast-Australia.
The following 7 subspecies are being recognized:
Platycercus elegans nigrescens - Northeast-Queensland;
Platycercus elegans filewoodi - Eastcentral-Queensland;
Platycercus elegans elegans - Southeast-Queensland to Southeast-South Australia;
Platycercus elegans melanopterus - Kangaroo Island;
Platycercus elegans adelaidae - Fleurieu Peninsula and Mount Lofty Range to Mid North (Southeast-Australia);
Platycercus elegans subadelaidae - South-Flinders Range (South Australia);
Platycercus elegans flaveolus - Murray River (Southeast-Australia).
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.