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The red-breasted parakeet is now placed in the genus Psittacula that was introduced in 1800 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. [4] [5] The genus name is a diminutive of the Latin word psittacus for a "parrot". The specific epithet alexandri is from Alexander the Great whose soldiers introduced parakeets to Greece. [6] Eight subspecies are ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Singapore.The avifauna of Singapore include a total of 450 species, 35 of which have been introduced by humans. [1]This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2023b edition. [2]
The long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) or Burung Bayan Nuri in Malay is a parakeet endemic to the regions of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Sumatra, Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia (including Singapore). It is allopatric with the congener, the Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri, except in the Andaman islands where they occur ...
The type species was designated in 1923 by Gregory Mathews as the red-breasted parakeet. [2] [3] The name of the genus is a diminutive of the Latin word psittacus for a "parrot". [4] The genus includes 16 species, of which three are extinct. [5] †Newton's parakeet, Psittacula exsul - extinct (c.1875) Echo parakeet, Psittacula eques
Red-breasted parakeet, introduced successfully to Japan, [41] Borneo and Pinang Island ; unsuccessfully introduced to Singapore Plum-headed parakeet , unsuccessfully introduced to the United States Red shining parrot , unsuccessfully introduced to Vanuatu and Fiji
Yellow-breasted racket-tail, Prioniturus flavicans; Green racket-tail, Prioniturus luconensis; Blue-crowned racket-tail, Prioniturus discurus; Eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus; Red-cheeked parrot, Geoffroyus geoffroyi; Blue-collared parrot, Geoffroyus simplex; Singing parrot, Geoffroyus heteroclitus; Blue-rumped parrot, Psittinus cyanurus
"This is the first time we have recorded a tiger raising three cubs in the national park," Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Mongkol Chaipakdee said in a statement sent to AFP on Friday.
Blue-winged parakeet, Psittacula columboides; Layard's parakeet, Psittacula calthropae; Lord Derby's parakeet, Psittacula derbiana; Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri; Nicobar parakeet, Psittacula caniceps; Long-tailed parakeet, Psittacula longicauda; Genus Lophopsittacus Mauritius grey parrot, Lophopsittacus (disputed) bensoni