Blue-backed Parrot
Tanygnathus everettiTweeddale, A, 1877
English (US) Blue-backed Parrot
The Blue-backed Parrot (Tanygnathus everetti) 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
- Tanygnathus everetti
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Blue-backed Parrot
- Described by
- Tweeddale, A, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Tanygnathus everetti duponti
- Tanygnathus everetti freeri
- Tanygnathus everetti everetti
- Tanygnathus everetti burbidgii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tanygnathus Everetti
- Described by
- Tweeddale, A, 1877
- Type locality
- Butuan, Mindanao.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.20, no.120 p.533
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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