Masked Shining Parrot
Prosopeia personata(Gray, GR, 1848)
English (US) Masked Shining Parrot
The Masked Shining Parrot (Prosopeia personata) 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: Fiji (Viti Levu); may have formerly occurred also on Ovalau and BauRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prosopeia personata
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Masked Shining Parrot
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1848)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Coracopsis ? personata
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1848)
- Type locality
- New Guinea?
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.16, no.181 p.21 pl.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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