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Lord Howe Red-crowned Parakeet
The Lord Howe parakeet (''Cyanoramphus subflavescens''), also known as the Lord Howe red-fronted parakeet, is an extinction, extinct parrot endemism, endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, part of New South Wales, Australia. It was described as full species by Tommaso Salvadori in 1891, but subsequently it has been regarded as subspecies of the red-crowned parakeet. In 2012, the IOC World Bird List recognised it as species.IOC world birdnames Taxonomy Pending molecular analysis, Christidis & Boles (2008) have suggested on biogeography, biogeographical grounds that the taxon is likely to be most closely related to the Norfolk Island green parrot (''Cyanoramphus cookii''), as either a subspecies of what they have tentatively called the Tasman parakeet (''Cyanoramphus cookii subflavescens''), or possibly a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Island Green Parrot
The Norfolk parakeet (''Cyanoramphus cookii''), also called Tasman parakeet, Norfolk Island green parrot or Norfolk Island red-crowned parakeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island (located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia in the Tasman Sea). Taxonomy George Robert Gray described the Norfolk parakeet in 1859 as ''Platycercus Cookii'', from a specimen in William Bullock's museum, and recorded it as from New Zealand. The species name honours James Cook, who reported the species on Norfolk Island when he landed there in 1774, noting it was the same as those occurring in New Zealand. In 1862, Gray described a specimen from Norfolk Island as ''Platycercus rayneri'', collected by a Mr Rayner. In 1891, Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori confirmed the two taxa as synonymous and coming from Norfolk Island. It was long considered a subspecies of the red-fronted parakeet of New Zealand. Ornithologists Alfred North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
