Puerto Rican Parakeet
Psittacara maugeide Souancé, C, 1856
English (US) Puerto Rican Parakeet
The Puerto Rican Parakeet (Psittacara maugei) 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 Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: formerly Puerto Rico and Isla de Mona (west of Puerto Rico); extinct, extirpated from Puerto Rico by the mid-1800s, and on Mona Island around 1892Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Psittacara maugei
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Puerto Rican Parakeet
- Described by
- de Souancé, C, 1856
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacara Maugei
- Described by
- de Souancé, C, 1856
- Type locality
- No locality = Puerto Rico?
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 8 p.59
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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