Night Parrot
Pezoporus occidentalis(Gould, J, 1861)
English (US) Night Parrot
The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) 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: central Australia (northern semiarid Western Australia and southwestern Queensland)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pezoporus occidentalis
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Night Parrot
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1861)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Geopsittacus occidentalis
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1861)
- Type locality
- West Australia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, pt.1 p.100
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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