Species profile—Psephotus pulcherrimus (paradise parrot)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Psittaculidae (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas) → Psephotus pulcherrimus (paradise parrot)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Psittaculidae (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas)
- Scientific name
- Psephotus pulcherrimus Gould, 1845
- Common name
- paradise parrot
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1119
- Synonym(s)
- Psephotellus pulcherrimus
- Alternate name(s)
- beautiful parrot
soldier parrot
ant-hill parrot
scarlet-shouldered parrot - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Extinct in the wild
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Extinct
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1119
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
