Broad-billed Parrot
Lophopsittacus mauritianus(Owen, R, 1866)
English (US) Broad-billed Parrot
The Broad-billed Parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritianus) 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 Mauritius; extinct, last record from between 1673-1675Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophopsittacus mauritianus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Broad-billed Parrot
- Described by
- (Owen, R, 1866)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus mauritianus
- Described by
- (Owen, R, 1866)
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.2, no.6 p.168
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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