Orange-bellied Parrot
Neophema chrysogaster(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Orange-bellied Parrot
The Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) 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: breeds Melaleuca inlet, southwestern Tasmania; winters to coastal mainland Australia (southeastern South Australia to central Victoria); very rareRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Neophema chrysogaster
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Orange-bellied Parrot
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus chrysogaster
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- No locality = Tasmania.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.97
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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