Superb Parrot[]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ==Description==
ge at the age of about one year.[2]
| Superb Parrot | |
|---|---|
| [1] | |
| Adult male in Canberra, Australia | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribe: | Polytelini |
| Genus: | Polytelis |
| Species: | P. swainsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Polytelis swainsonii
(Desmarest, 1826) | |
[2][3]A juvenile in a pet shop. Note brown iris
The Superb Parrot (also known as Barraband's Parrot, Barraband's Parakeet, or Green Leek Parrot),[1][2][3] (Polytelis swainsonii) is a parrot native to southeastern Australia. It is a monomorphic species and one of three species in the genus Polytelis.
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Taxonomy[]
First described by French naturalist Desmarest in 1826, the Superb Parrot, a monomorphic species,[4] is one of three species in the genus Polytelis of long-tailed parrots. Common names include Superb Parrot and, in avicultural circles, Barraband's Parrot or Parakeet,[5] or Green Leek (although the last is applied to several unrelated species).[6] Its closest relative is the Regent Parrot.[citation needed]