Melopsittacus undulatus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,890 meters (0 to 6,201 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•    1    Forest   
  
•    1.5    Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•    2    Savanna   
  
•    2.1    Savanna - Dry   
  
•    3    Shrubland   
  
•    3.5    Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•    4    Grassland   
  
•    4.5    Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•    8    Desert   
  
•    8.1    Desert - Hot   
  
•    14    Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•    14.1    Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•    14.2    Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•    14.4    Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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Biology

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melopsittacus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. undulatus (Grass Parakeet)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Melopsittacus undulatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network, Project FeederWatch
• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10537
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177597
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2496811
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177597
• IUCN ID: 222689
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNQA01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 148582

Footnotes

1. Mean = 119.400 meters (391.732 feet), Standard Deviation = 263.820 based on 767 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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