Turquoise Parrot
Neophema pulchella(Shaw, G, 1792)
English (US) Turquoise Parrot
The Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella) 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: southeastern Australia (southeastern Queensland southward to northern Victoria)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Neophema pulchella
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Turquoise Parrot
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1792)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus pulchellus
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1792)
- Type locality
- New Holland = New South Wales.
- Original description
- The naturalist's miscellany 3, no.8 pl.96
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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