Azure-rumped Parrot
Tanygnathus sumatranus(Raffles, TS, 1822)
English (US) Azure-rumped Parrot
The Azure-rumped Parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus) 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 sumatranus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Azure-rumped Parrot
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Tanygnathus sumatranus sangirensis
- Tanygnathus sumatranus sumatranus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus Sumatranus
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.2 p.281
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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