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The Atlantic puffin is a bird of the colder waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. It breeds on the coasts of northwest Europe, the Arctic fringes, and eastern North America. More than 90% of the global population is found in Europe (4,770,000–5,780,000 pairs, equalling 9,550,000–11,600,000 adults) [ 1 ] and colonies in Iceland alone are home ...
Eclectus is a genus of parrot, the Psittaciformes, which consists of four known extant species known as eclectus parrots and the extinct Eclectus infectus, the oceanic eclectus parrot. The extant eclectus parrots are medium-sized parrots native to regions of Oceania, particularly New Guinea and Australia. Males are mostly bright green, females ...
Parrots are found on all tropical and subtropical continents and regions including Australia and Oceania, [5] South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central America, South America, [4] and Africa. [47] Some Caribbean and Pacific islands are home to endemic species. [48] By far the greatest number of parrot species come from Australasia and South America. [49]
Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand. Red-breasted pygmy-parrot, Micropsitta bruijnii; Finsch's pygmy-parrot, Micropsitta finschii
Fossil remains of the oceanic eclectus (Eclectus infectus), have been found in archaeological sites in the islands of Tonga and Vanuatu. [5] The species presumably existed in Fiji, as well. E. infectus had proportionally smaller wings than the eclectus parrot.
Southern New Guinea, the Aru Islands, coast of West Papua, and the Raja Ampat Islands: Geelvink pygmy parrot: M. geelvinkiana (Schlegel, 1871) i NT: Biak-Supiori and Numfor (islands of the Baik Island) Meek's pygmy parrot: M. meeki Rothschild and Hartert, 1914: LC: Admiralty Islands and the St Matthias Islands: Finsch's pygmy parrot: M ...
This category concerns all articles about parrots indigenous to Oceania (i.e., the islands of Australia, New Zealand and Polynesia) Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Gray was uncertain about the origin of his specimen and wrote, "This remarkable bird is found in one of the islands of the South Pacific Ocean." [ 9 ] The type location has been designated as Dusky Sound on the southwest corner of New Zealand's South Island .