Saturday, September 24, 2016

Sayaji Baug Zoo - Crimson Rosella

Sayaji Baug Zoo at Vododara is one of the biggest zoo in the country. There are various wild animals and birds at the zoo. One among them is Crimson Rosella.



It is a medium sized bird. This bird has mostly red plumage and bright blue cheeks. The feathers of the back and wing coverts are black broadly edged with red. While the tails blue, the flight feathers of the wings have broad blue edges. 




They feed on seeds of eucalypts, grasses and shrubs, as well as insects and some tree blossoms.

20 comments:

  1. Gorgeous coloured Parrot. Have a lovely weekend.

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  2. It's a beautiful brightly coloured bird!

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  3. I wonder if he is able to learn to talk !

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  4. Gorgeous! Parrots are such colourful birds.

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  5. A colorful bird and nice detail on its feature.

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  6. Cool parrot! I don't recall seeing one before.
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  7. What a beautiful bird !!!
    Happy weekend !

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  8. A very beautiful bird - red and blue are a great combination!

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  9. Lovely parrot! Beautiful colors.

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  10. Pretty red fellow!

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  11. Such a vibrant coloured bird,...just beautiful!

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  12. I like your friend, Rajesh

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  13. Unfortunately, the zoo was already closed when I finally made my way to Sayaji Baug, so I cold see only some deer over the fence. Hope to come back one day and see much more of it.

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  14. Very Beautiful & colored Parrot !!

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  15. Love the vibrant color of this bird!

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  16. Bright and beautiful bird but sad to see it imprisoned.

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  17. Such a pretty bird. Looks like a relative of green parakeet.

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  18. Anonymous19:17

    Lovely bird

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