Painted Tiger Parrot
Psittacella pictaRothschild, LW, 1896
English (US) Painted Tiger Parrot
The Painted Tiger Parrot (Psittacella picta) 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
- Psittacella picta
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Painted Tiger Parrot
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1896
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Psittacella picta lorentzi
- Psittacella picta excelsa
- Psittacella picta picta
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1896
- Type locality
- Mount Victoria, 5000-7000 feet, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 6 p.5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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