Psittinus

Psittinus
Blue-rumped parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Psittaculidae
Tribe:Psittaculini
Genus:Psittinus
Blyth, 1842
Species

Psittinus cyanurus
Psittinus (cyanurus) abbotti

Psittinus is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is usually considered to include a single species, the blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus), but the large subspecies P. c. abbotti is sometimes elevated to species rank as the Simeulue parrot (P. abbotti).[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/factsheet/22727609
  2. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22727609/0
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