Description

The Superb Parrot is a distinctive large, bright grass-green parrot with a long, narrow tail and sharply back-angled wings in flight. Males have yellow foreheads and throats and a red crescent that separates the throat from the green breast and belly. Females are slightly duller green and have a dull, light blue wash in place of the males' red and yellow markings.... source: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water

Online Resources

Aussie Creatures Names, Images
Australian Faunal Directory Names
Birds Australia Names
Birds in Backyards Distribution, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction, Distribution Map, Similar Species, Images
Birdway Images
Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist Names
Department of Environment and Resource Management Names, Status
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Names, Description, Distribution, Habitat, Threats, Status, Images
Department of Sustainability and Environment Names, Status
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Names, Status
Department of Territory and Municipal Services Names, Status
Flickr EOL Images
Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera Status
International Union for Conservation of Nature Names, Status
Internet Bird Collection Video Page Url, Family Common Name, Images
OZ Animals Names, Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction, Image License, Images
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Accepted Name

Polytelis swainsonii (Desmarest, 1826) Source: Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Palaeornis rosaceus Vigors, 1830 Source: Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Vigors, N.A. 1830. Notice on some new species of birds. Zool. J. Lond. Vol. 5 pp. 273-275
Polytelis swainsonii whitei Mathews, 1916 Source: Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Mathews, G.M. 1916. List of additions of new sub-species to, and changes in, my "List of the Birds of Australia". Austral Avian Rec. Vol. 3 (3) pp. 53-68
Psittacus barrabandii Swainson, 1821 Source: Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Swainson, W. 1821. Zoological Illustrations; or Original Figures and Descriptions of new, rare, or interesting Animals, selected chiefly from the classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy Vol. 1 pp. ix 75 pp. pls 1-66
Psittacus swainsonii Desmarest, 1826 Source: Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Desmarest, A.G. 1826. Perroquet. In Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. Par plusieurs Professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales Écoles de Paris Paris : F.G. Levrault pp. 138

Common Names

Superb Parrot
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Source: Birds Australia Source: Australian Faunal Directory Source: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Source: Department of Environment and Resource Management Source: Department of Sustainability and Environment Source: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Source: Department of Territory and Municipal Services Source: International Union for Conservation of Nature Source: OZ Animals Source: ALA website image uploads Source: Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist Source: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Barraband Parakeet
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Source: International Union for Conservation of Nature
Green Leek Parrot
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Source: International Union for Conservation of Nature
Superb Parrot - Male
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Source: Aussie Creatures

Scientific Classification

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Source: Birds in Backyards

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