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Aprosmictus
Sign in to saveAprosmictus is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae native to Oceania. Several former members, including the Australian king parrot, are now placed in the genus Alisterus.
Species
Red-winged Parrot
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPsittaciformes
- FamilyPsittacidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Collections
- ANWC, NMV, TMAG, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Timor-Leste, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Aprosmictus is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae native to Oceania. 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. The type species was designated as the red-winged parrot by George Gray in 1846. The name is from the Ancient Greek απροσμικτος/aprosmiktos which means "unsociable" or "solitary".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aprosmictus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.