Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Regent Parrot
Common Names in French:
Perruche mélanure
Common Names in German:
Bergsittich
Common Names in Japanese:
オグロインコ
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.8 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
- 2 Savanna
- 2.2 Savanna - Moist
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land [more info]
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:
Psittaculini
(
)
- Genus:
Polytelis
(
)
- Wagler, 1832
- Specific name:
anthopeplus
- (Lear) 1831
- Subspecies:
in south-west Western Australia,
and monarchoid
- Scientific name: - Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear, 1831) (Lear) 1831
- Subspecies:
in south-west Western Australia,
and monarchoid
- Specific name:
anthopeplus
- (Lear) 1831
- Genus:
Polytelis
(
- Tribe:
Psittaculini
(
- 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
Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear, 1831)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Polytelis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. alexandrae (Princess Of Wales Parakeet) · P. anthopeplus (Regent Parrot) · P. anthopeplus anthopeplus (Regent Parrot) · P. swainsonii (Barraband Parakeet)
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Further Reading
- A list of the birds of Australia: containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author / London: Witherby, 1913. url p. 129.
- Annual report of the New York Zoological Society. New York: New York Zoological Society, 1897- url p. 105, p. 105.
- Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. London: Witherby. url p. 163, p. 218, p. 224, p. 86.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 166, fig. 29.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 247.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 206, p. 214, p. 215.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 188, p. 190, p. 199, p. 209, p. 210.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 130.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 122, p. 93.
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 58.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 582.
- South Australian ornithologist. Adelaide, South Australian Ornithological Association. url p. 144, p. 70.
- Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 42.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 362, p. 367.
- The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 19.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 112, p. 113.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Polytelis anthopeplus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2009. Polytelis anthopeplus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10568
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-714395
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13276050
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177556
- IUCN ID: 234743
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 148529
