Species profile
Golden-shouldered Parrot
Psephotus chrysopterygius
Quick answer
NE Australia (interior s Cape York Peninsula)
- Scientific name
- Psephotus chrysopterygius
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Genus
- Psephotus
Recording Golden-shouldered Parrot in your journal
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Related species in Psittacidae
- Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
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- Amazonian Parrotlet (Nannopsittaca dachilleae)
- Andean Parakeet (Bolborhynchus orbygnesius)
- Anodorhynchus maximiliani (Anodorhynchus maximiliani)
- Antipodes Parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor)
- Aratinga hockingi (Aratinga hockingi)
- Aratinga pintoi (Aratinga pintoi)