Crimson Shining Parrot
Prosopeia splendens(Peale, TR, 1849)
English (US) Crimson Shining Parrot
The Crimson Shining Parrot (Prosopeia splendens) 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 (Kadavu and Ono)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prosopeia splendens
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Crimson Shining Parrot
- Described by
- (Peale, TR, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Platycercus splendens
- Described by
- (Peale, TR, 1849)
- Type locality
- Peale's River, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands.
- Original description
- Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII: Mammalia and ornithology. 1st ed. 8 p.127
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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