Black-fronted Parakeet
Cyanoramphus zealandicus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Black-fronted Parakeet
The Black-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus zealandicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: formerly Society Islands; extinct, last reported 1850Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanoramphus zealandicus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Black-fronted Parakeet
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus zealandicus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- New Zealand, error = Society Islands.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.102
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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