Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -7 meters (0 to -23 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Psittaciformes
()
- Parrots and Cockatoos
- Genus:
Charmosyna
()
- Wagler 1832 Abh.K.Bay.Akad.Wiss. 1 p.493
- Specific name:
papou
- Meyer,AB 1886 Zeitsch.ges.Orn. 3 p.9 pl.2 Concept
- Subspecies:
stellae
- Scientific name: - Charmosyna papou stellae Meyer,AB 1886
- Subspecies:
stellae
- Specific name:
papou
- Meyer,AB 1886 Zeitsch.ges.Orn. 3 p.9 pl.2 Concept
- Genus:
Charmosyna
(
- Order:
Psittaciformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Charmosyna
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. amabilis (Red-Throated Lorikeet) · C. aureicincta · C. diadema (New Caledonian Lorikeet) · C. josefinae (JosephineÃŒs Lorikeet) · C. josefinae cyclopum · C. josefinae josefinae (JosephineÃŒs Lorikeet) · C. josefinae sepikiana · C. josefine · C. josephinae · C. margarethae (Duchess Lorikeet) · C. meeki (MeekÃŒs Lorikeet) · C. multistriata (Streaked Lorikeet) · C. palmarum (Palm Lorikeet) · C. papou (Papuan Lorikeet) · C. papou goliathina · C. papou papou (Papuan Lorikeet) · C. papou stellae · C. papou wahnesi · C. papuensis · C. placentis (Red-Flanked Lorikeet) · C. placentis intensior · C. placentis ornata · C. placentis pallidior · C. placentis placentis (Red-Flanked Lorikeet) · C. placentis subplacens · C. pulchella (Fairy Lorikeet) · C. pulchella pulchella (Fairy Lorikeet) · C. pulchella rothschildi · C. pulchella ssp · C. rubrigularis (Red-Chinned Lorikeet) · C. rubrigularis rubrigularis (Red-Chinned Lorikeet) · C. rubronotata (Red-Fronted Lorikeet) · C. rubronotata kordoana · C. rubronotata rubronotata (Red-Spotted Lorikeet) · C. stellae · C. toxopei (Blue-Fronted Lorikeet) · C. wilhelminae (Wilhelmina's Lorikeet)
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Further Reading
- A.B. Meyer (1886): A.B. Meyer & O. Finsch: Vögel von Neu Guinea, zumeist aus der Alpenregion am Südostabhange des Owen-Stanley-Gebirges (Hufeisengebirge 7000-8000' hoch) ges. Karl Hunstein. Teil II. Z. ges. Orn. 3 - Z. ges. Orn. 3, pp. 1-29
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 26, 2006. http://www.gbif.org
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1695459
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 807467
Footnotes
- Mean = 65.180 meters (213.845 feet), Standard Deviation = 163.120 based on 11 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
