Paradise Parrot
Psephotellus pulcherrimus(Gould, J, 1845)
English (US) Paradise Parrot
The Paradise Parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus) 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: formerly eastern Australia (eastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales); extinct, last recorded 1940sRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Psephotellus pulcherrimus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Paradise Parrot
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1845)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Platycercus pulcherrimus
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1845)
- Type locality
- Darling Downs, Queensland.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.15, no.96 p.115
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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