Species profile—Psephotellus pulcherrimus (paradise parrot)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Psittaculidae (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas) → Psephotellus pulcherrimus (paradise parrot)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Psittaculidae (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas)
- Scientific name
- Psephotellus pulcherrimus (Gould, 1845)
- Common name
- paradise parrot
- Type reference
- Gould, J. (1845). On a new species of Platycercus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 15, 114-115.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1119
- Synonym(s)
- Psephotus 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 Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
