Aprosmictus

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Aprosmictus
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Red-winged parrot
(Aprosmictus erythropterus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Polytelini
Genus: Aprosmictus
Gould, 1842
Type species
Psittacus erythropterus (red-winged parrot)
Gmelin, 1788
Species

2, see text

Aprosmictus is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae native to Oceania. [1] Several former members, including the Australian king parrot, are now placed in the genus Alisterus .

Taxonomy

The genus Aprosmictus was introduced in 1842 by the English ornithologist John Gould. [2] [3] The type species was designated as the red-winged parrot by George Gray in 1846. [4] The name is from the Ancient Greek απροσμικτος/aprosmiktos which means "unsociable" or "solitary". [5]

The genus contains two species: [1]

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References

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  2. Gould, John (1842). The Birds of Australia. Vol. 1. London: self. p. lxv.
  3. Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 371. ISBN   978-0-9568611-0-8.
  4. Gray, George Robert (1845). The Genera of Birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. Vol. 2. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Pages not numbered, after Plate 100, Note 23.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 51. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.