Talk:Rosella

Etymology

I have deleted this:

However, there is also a second story that the name is derived from 'Rosetta', the first name of the wife of George Fife Angas, a settler in Australia, but he forgot to cross his T's (leaving them appearing as lowercase L's), hence "rosella".

There is citation and it seems unlikely. Angas's wife was Rosetta, but any initial misspelling should have been corrected. The time and place seems wrong as well because Angas was a later settler in South Australia. Surely the bird was spotted first in NSW.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:25, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

You probably know more about this than most. Do you have any references to quote. Snowman (talk) 09:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

• I am wondering the same thing ten years later, and about the name in general, this is mentioned a couple of times in blogs and the use of the term may give a clue to its currency before 1848. cygnis insignis 17:55, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

This book has accumulated lots of origins. not mentioned there Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:44, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Such a charming book, thorough yet flippant [Scottish rosella!], and it states what I thought, that the origin of rosella sounds like a tall story even if true. I'll add in the AusNatDic etymology, and continue to get these refs into species taxonomies. And just a heads up here Cas, if I have your attention, I'm contemplating a move proposal for this article eventually. Almost an aside, but I've said the WAM checklist uses a broader treatment to include the ringneck complex and our bastard redhead, because there is hybridisation across these platycercines, the article should detail that position (without requiring Gill, et al to do a reassignment and disambiguation of Purpureicephalus to support the nomenclatural orphan "red-capped rosella") cygnis insignis 03:49, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

I think IOC trumps WAM. Given the molecular evidence, I reckon there will be some rejigging soon....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:51, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Introduction

The introduction is a bit vague isn't it? "One of five to eight". Is it five, six, seven or eight?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.250.98.162 (talk) 05:57, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

One of those numbers, less than nine and greater than four; the treatments of the genus have varied greatly and include up to eight species and subspecific taxa. cygnis insignis 17:55, 10 November 2018 (UTC)