Psittacus
Sign in to savePsittacus (African grey parrots) is a genus of parrots in the subfamily Psittacinae. It contains two species, the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) and the Timneh parrot (Psittacus timneh).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPsittaciformes
- FamilyPsittacidae
Vogels Psittacus is een geslacht van vogels uit de familie van de papegaaien van Afrika en de Nieuwe Wereld (Psittacidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht werd in 1758 gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus.[1] Soorten De volgende soorten zijn bij het geslacht ingedeeld:[2] Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus, 1758 – Grijze roodstaartpapegaai Psittacus timneh Fraser, 1844 – Timnehpapegaai Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae ed. 10: 96 ↑ Gill, F. & D. Donsker (Eds). (2015). IOC World Bird List (v 5.4).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 49
- With media
- 193
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Collections
- MNHN, NHMUK, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Colombie, Australia, IndonéSie, Australie, Colombia, Chile, Salomon, Guyane FrançAise
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Behaviour and ecology
- Breeding
- Longevity
- Illness and disease
- Intelligence
- Vocal behaviour
- Status and conservation
- Relationship with humans
- Aviculture
- See also
- References
- Footnotes
- Sources
- External links
Psittacus (African grey parrots) is a genus of parrots in the subfamily Psittacinae. It contains two species, the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) and the Timneh parrot (Psittacus timneh).
For many years, the grey parrot and Timneh parrot were classified as subspecies; the former as the nominate, the latter as P. e. timneh. However, in 2012 the taxa were concluded to be separate species by BirdLife International on the basis of genetic, morphological, plumage and vocal differences; the IOC World Bird List adopted the split in 2014.
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