Mascarene Grey Parakeet
Psittacula bensoni(Holyoak, DT, 1973)
English (US) Mascarene Gray Parakeet
UK name: Mascarene Grey Parakeet
The Mascarene Grey Parakeet (Psittacula bensoni) 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 Mauritius and Réunion; extinct, last record from 1759Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Psittacula bensoni
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Mascarene Gray Parakeet
- English (UK)
- Mascarene Grey Parakeet
- Described by
- (Holyoak, DT, 1973)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lophopsittacus bensoni
- Described by
- (Holyoak, DT, 1973)
- Original description
- Ibis vol.115, no.3 p.417
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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