Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Green Rosella
Common Names in French:
Perruche à ventre jaune
Common Names in German:
Gelbbauchsittich
Common Names in Japanese:
アカビタイキクサインコ
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,308 meters (0 to 17,415 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
- 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas [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
- 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:
Platycercini
(
)
- Genus:
Platycercus
(
)
- Vigors 1825
- Specific name:
caledonicus
- (Gmelin) 1788
- Scientific name: - Platycercus caledonicus (Gmelin, 1788) (Gmelin) 1788
- Specific name:
caledonicus
- (Gmelin) 1788
- Genus:
Platycercus
(
- Tribe:
Platycercini
(
- Subfamily:
Psittacinae
(
- Family:
Psittacidae
(
- Order:
Psittaciformes
(
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Platycercus (Platycercus) caledonicus (Gmelin 1788) • Platycercus caledonicus (Gmelin, 1788) • Platycercus caledonicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) • Platycerus caledonicus • Platycerus caledonicus (Gmelin • Platycerus caledonicus (Gmelin, 1788)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Platycercus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. adelaidae (Adelaide Rosella) · P. adscitus (White-Cheeked Rosella) · P. barnardi (Oustalet's Swiftlet) · P. barnardi barnardi (Mallee Ringneck) · P. caledonicus (Green Rosella) · P. caledonicus caledonicus (Green Rosella) · P. elegans (Crimson Rosella) · P. elegans elegans (Crimson Rosella) · P. eximius (Eastern Rosella) · P. flaveolus (Yellow Rosella) · P. icterotis (Western Rosella) · P. icterotis icterotis (Western Rosella) · P. venustus (Northern Rosella) · P. venustus venustus (Northern Rosella) · P. zonarius (Port Lincoln Ringneck) · P. zonarius zonarius (Port Lincoln Ringneck)
More Info
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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. 131.
- Annual report of the New York Zoological Society. New York: The 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. 127, p. 184, p. 85.
- Aves polynesiae: a catalogue of the birds of the Polynesian subregion / by Lionel K. Wiglesworth. Berlin: R. Friedlaender & Sohn, 1891. url p. 7.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url fig. 30.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 123 1961 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 408.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 545, p. 546.
- Catalogue of the birds of the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean, in the collection of the British Museum. By George Robert Gray. .. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1859. url p. 29.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 261.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 159, p. 197, p. 198, p. 204, p. 226.
- 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. 138, p. 188, p. 189, p. 224.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 129.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 253, p. 362, p. 506, p. 626, p. 657.
- List of the specimens of birds in the collection of the British Museum / [by G. R. Gray.] London: printed by the order of the Trustees, 1844-1867. url p. 4.
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 29, p. 58.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 667.
- South Australian ornithologist. Adelaide, South Australian Ornithological Association. url p. 64.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 368.
- The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 130.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 111, p. 112.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Platycercus caledonicus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2009. Platycercus caledonicus. 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 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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 11, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10516
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-714280
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554869
- IUCN ID: 233556
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 148545
Footnotes
- Mean = 552.230 meters (1,811.778 feet), Standard Deviation = 846.030 based on 94,285 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
