Blue-rumped Parrot
Psittinus cyanurus(Forster, JR, 1795)
English (US) Blue-rumped Parrot
The Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus) 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
- Psittinus cyanurus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Blue-rumped Parrot
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1795)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus
- Psittinus cyanurus pontius
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus cyanurus
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1795)
- Type locality
- Malacca, ex Latham, Gen. Syn., Suppl., 1, p. 66.
- Original description
- Faunula Indica, id est catalogus animalium Indiae Orientalis quae hactenus naturae curiosis innotuerunt. 2nd ed. p.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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