Maroon Shining Parrot
Prosopeia tabuensis(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Maroon Shining Parrot
The Maroon Shining Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) 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
- Prosopeia tabuensis
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Maroon Shining Parrot
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Prosopeia tabuensis taviunensis
- Prosopeia tabuensis tabuensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus tabuensis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Friendly Islands, i.e. Tonga Tabu, Tonga Islands, ex Latham, Syn., 1, p. 214, no. 16.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.317
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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