Psittaculirostris
Psittaculirostris
Genus of birds
Psittaculirostris is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
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Psittaculirostris | |
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Edwards's fig parrot | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Tribe: | Cyclopsittini |
Genus: | Psittaculirostris Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1859 |
Type species | |
Psittacus desmarestii[1] Desmarest, 1826 | |
Species | |
Three; see text |
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It contains three species:[3]
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Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Psittaculirostris desmarestii | Large fig parrot | West Papuan Islands, Indonesia and in southern and western New Guinea | |
Psittaculirostris edwardsii | Edwards's fig parrot | north-eastern New Guinea | |
Psittaculirostris salvadorii | Salvadori's fig parrot | Papua province in Indonesia | |
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- "Psittaculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- Leo Joseph, Alicia Toon, Erin E. Schirtzinger,petie's code name Timothy F. Wright, Richard Schodde. 2012. A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes) Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine ISSN 1175-5326 Zootaxa 3205: 26–40.