Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Canary-Winged Parakeet, White-Winged Parakeet
Common Names in French:
Toui à Ailes Variées
Common Names in German:
Weißflügelsittich
Common Names in Japanese:
ソデジロインコ
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 162 meters (0 to 531 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Psittaciformes
()
- Wagler, 1830
- Family:
Psittacidae
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Subfamily:
Psittacinae
()
- Tribe:
Arini
()
- Genus:
Brotogeris
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Specific name:
versicolurus
- Subspecies:
versicolurus
- Scientific name: - Brotogeris versicolurus versicolurus
- Subspecies:
versicolurus
- Specific name:
versicolurus
- Genus:
Brotogeris
(
- Tribe:
Arini
(
- Subfamily:
Psittacinae
(
- Family:
Psittacidae
(
- Order:
Psittaciformes
(
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Brotogeris versicolurus (Muller • Brotogeris versicolurus (Statius Muller) 1776 • Brotogeris versicolurus< /i> (Müller
Similar Species
Members of the genus Brotogeris
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. chiriri (Yellow-Chevroned Parakeet) · B. chiriri chiriri (Yellow-Chevroned Parakeet) · B. chrysoptera (Golden-Winged Parakeet) · B. chrysoptera chrysoptera (Golden-Winged Parakeet) · B. chrysopterus (Golden-Winged Parakeet) · B. chrysopterus chrysopterus (Golden-Winged Parakeet) · B. cyanoptera (Cobalt-Winged Parakeet) · B. cyanoptera cyanoptera (Cobalt-Winged Parakeet) · B. jugularis (Orange-Chinned Parakeet) · B. jugularis jugularis (Orange-Chinned Parakeet) · B. pyrrhoptera (Gray-Cheeked Parakeet) · B. pyrrhopterus (Gray-Cheeked Parakeet) · B. sanctithomae (Tui Parakeet) · B. sanctithomae sanctithomae (Tui Parakeet) · B. tirica (Plain Parakeet) · B. versicolurus (Canary-Winged Parakeet) · B. versicolurus versicolurus (Canary-Winged Parakeet)
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Further Reading
- Birds of northeastern Peru / Melvin A. Traylor. 35 1958 Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958. url p. 98.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 581.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853448
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2313215
Footnotes
- Mean = 65.900 meters (216.207 feet), Standard Deviation = 62.800 based on 10 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
