Species profile
Paradise Parrot
Psephotellus pulcherrimus
Quick answer
Platycercus pulcherrimus Gould, 1845 MZUT AV 7798; previously mounted; adult male; Australia, no date; purchased from L. de Gréaux, in 1870.
- Scientific name
- Psephotellus pulcherrimus
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Genus
- Psephotellus
- Conservation status
- Extinct
Recording Paradise Parrot in your journal
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Related species in Psittaculidae
- Blue-fronted Lorikeet (Charmosynopsis toxopei)
- Broad-billed Parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritianus)
- Duchess Lorikeet (Charmosynoides margarethae)
- Golden-shouldered Parrot (Psephotellus chrysopterygius)
- Goldie's Lorikeet (Glossoptilus goldiei)
- Hooded Parrot (Psephotellus dissimilis)
- Iris Lorikeet (Saudareos iris)
- Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla)