Description

Colour Adult:

H.r. roseata: Male-forecrown, cheeks and ear coverts rosy pink; crown and nape pale blue/purple; chin black; broad band across lower cheeks black, extending as fine stripe around hindneck; brown/red spot on inner middle wing coverts; long central tail feathers blue tipped with pale yellow, the side tail feathers yellow/green tipped with pale yellow; upper mandible orange/yellow, lower bill dark grey. Eye pale yellow. Female-head dull blue/grey, collar dull yellow/green; red shoulder spot smaller; upper mandible yellow, lower bill dark grey.
H.r. juneae: Both adults as in roseata, but general body colour more yellow; more extensive red shoulder spot or patch; central tail feathers paler in colour, the side tail feathers more yellow.

Colour Juvenile:

Head coloured green; no shoulder patch seen; tail short. Bill pale yellow. Eye grey.

Call:

Calls described as soft, musical, much like Plum-headed Parakeet.