Pale-headed Rosella
Platycercus adscitus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Pale-headed Rosella
The Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus) 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
- Platycercus adscitus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pale-headed Rosella
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Platycercus adscitus adscitus
- Platycercus adscitus palliceps
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus adscitus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- No locality = Cooktown, Queensland, by designation of Mathews, 1912.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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