Rodrigues Parrot
Necropsittacus rodricanus(Milne-Edwards, A, 1867)
English (US) Rodrigues Parrot
The Rodrigues Parrot (Necropsittacus rodricanus) 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 Rodrigues Island; extinct, last observed in 1761Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Necropsittacus rodricanus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Rodrigues Parrot
- Described by
- (Milne-Edwards, A, 1867)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus rodricanus
- Described by
- (Milne-Edwards, A, 1867)
- Type locality
- Rodriguez Island
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie 5, ser.8, no.3 p.151
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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