Nicobar Parakeet
Psittacula caniceps(Blyth, E, 1846)
English (US) Nicobar Parakeet
The Nicobar Parakeet (Psittacula caniceps) 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: Nicobar IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Psittacula caniceps
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Nicobar Parakeet
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1846)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Palaeornis caniceps
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1846)
- Type locality
- Nicobars.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15, no.169 p.23
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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