Green Rosella
Platycercus caledonicus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Green Rosella
The Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) 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 caledonicus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green Rosella
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Platycercus caledonicus caledonicus
- Platycercus caledonicus brownii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus caledonicus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- New Caledonia, error = Tasmania and fixed as Adventure Bay by Mathews, Bds. Austr., 6, p. 324.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.328
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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