Mascarene Parrot
Mascarinus mascarinus(Linnaeus, C, 1771)
English (US) Mascarene Parrot
The Mascarene Parrot (Mascarinus mascarinus) 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 Réunion; extinct, last reported 1834Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mascarinus mascarinus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Mascarene Parrot
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1771)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus mascarin.
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1771)
- Type locality
- 'Mascarina.'
- Original description
- Mantissa plantarum altera generum editionis VI et specierum editionis II p.524
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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