Usually the Eastern Rosellas turn up and then fly away before I can get to my camera. Today I got lucky.

a brightly coloured, broad-tailed parakeet native to south-eastern Australia. It was introduced to New Zealand in the early 1900s.

Length: 30 cm. Weight: 90 - 120 g

Eastern Rosella on a flax spear. A fairly large, colourful bird.Eastern Rosella on a flax spear. Eastern Rosella on a flax spear.