Horned Parakeet
Eunymphicus cornutus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Horned Parakeet
The Horned Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus) 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: New CaledoniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eunymphicus cornutus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Horned Parakeet
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus cornutus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- New Caledonia.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.327
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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