Species profile—Psephotellus pulcherrimus (paradise parrot)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds) → Psittaculidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&family=psittaculidae ) (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas) → Psephotellus pulcherrimus (paradise parrot)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1119&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1119&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1119 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (animals)
- Class
- Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds)
- Family
- Psittaculidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&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) ( https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/spratlookupspecies.pl?earchtype=Sciname&name=Psephotellus%20pulcherrimus )
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Psephotellus%20pulcherrimus#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=PSEPHOTELLUS%2BPULCHERRIMUS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1119 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1119 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
