Elegant Parrot
Neophema elegans(Gould, J, 1837)
English (US) Elegant Parrot
The Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) 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
- Neophema elegans
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Elegant Parrot
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Neophema elegans elegans
- Neophema elegans carteri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Nanodes elegans
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1837)
- Type locality
- Tasmania? error = Victoria, fide Mathews 1912.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.5, no.50 p.25
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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