Meek's Pygmy Parrot
Micropsitta meekiRothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1914
English (US) Meek's Pygmy Parrot
The Meek's Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta meeki) 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.
- Scientific name
- Micropsitta meeki
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Meek's Pygmy Parrot
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1914
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Micropsitta meeki meeki
- Micropsitta meeki proxima
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1914
- Type locality
- Manus, Admiralty Islands.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 33 p.107
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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