Aprosmictus

Aprosmictus
Red-winged parrot
(Aprosmictus erythropterus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Polytelini
Genus: Aprosmictus
Gould, 1842
Type species
Psittacus erythropterus (red-winged parrot)
Gmelin, 1788
Species

2, see text

Aprosmictus is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae native to Oceania.[1] Several former members, including the Australian king parrot, are now placed in the genus Alisterus.

Taxonomy

The genus Aprosmictus was introduced in 1842 by the English ornithologist John Gould.[2][3] The type species was designated as the red-winged parrot by George Gray in 1846.[4] The name is from the Ancient Greek απροσμικτος/aprosmiktos which means "unsociable" or "solitary".[5]

The genus contains two species:[1]

Genus Aprosmictus – Gould, 1842 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Jonquil parrot

Aprosmictus jonquillaceus
(Vieillot, 1818)

Two subspecies
  • A. j. jonquillaceus
  • A. j. wetterensis (Salvadori, AT 1891)
Indonesian islands of Roti, Timor, and Weta Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 


Red-winged parrot

Aprosmictus erythropterus
(Gmelin, 1788)

Two subspecies
  • A. e. coccineopterus (Gould, 1865)
  • A. e. erythropterus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Southern Australia ( Pilbara, Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland)
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. ^ Gould, John (1842). The Birds of Australia. Vol. 1. London: self. p. lxv.
  3. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
  4. ^ Gray, George Robert (1845). The Genera of Birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. Vol. 2. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Pages not numbered, after Plate 100, Note 23.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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