Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Green-Winged King Parrot, Papuan King Parrot, Papuan King-Parrot
Common Names in French:
Perruche à Ailes Vertes
Common Names in German:
Papuasittich
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,280 meters (0 to -7,480 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Psittaciformes
()
- Parrots and Cockatoos
- Genus:
Alisterus
()
- Mathews 1911 Novit.Zool. 18 p.13
- Specific name:
chloropterus
- (Ramsay,EP) 1879 Proc.Linn.Soc.NewS.Wales 3 pt3 p.251
- Subspecies:
chloropterus
- Scientific name: - Alisterus chloropterus chloropterus (Ramsay,EP) 1879
- Subspecies:
chloropterus
- Specific name:
chloropterus
- (Ramsay,EP) 1879 Proc.Linn.Soc.NewS.Wales 3 pt3 p.251
- Genus:
Alisterus
(
- Order:
Psittaciformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Alisterus chloropterus /i> (Ramsay, Ep) 1879
- Alisterus chloropterus (Ramsay, 1879)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alisterus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. amboinensis (Moluccan King-Parrot) · A. amboinensis amboinensis (Moluccan King-Parrot) · A. amboinensis buruensis · A. amboinensis dorsalis · A. amboinensis hypophonius · A. amboinensis stresemanni · A. amboinensis sulaensis · A. amboinensis versicolor · A. amboinensis wiedenfeldi · A. chloropterus (Green-Winged King Parrot) · A. chloropterus callopterus · A. chloropterus chloropterus (Green-Winged King Parrot) · A. chloropterus moszkowski · A. chloropterus moszkowskii · A. scapularis (Australian King-Parrot) · A. scapularis minor · A. scapularis scapularis (Australian King Parrot)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 24, 2006. http://www.gbif.org
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853327
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 794721
Footnotes
- Mean = -326.860 meters (-1,072.375 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,067.670 based on 21 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
