Greater Vasa Parrot Coracopsis vasa Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Subspecies (3)
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
Text last updated May 24, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | lloro negre gros |
| Czech | vaza velký |
| Dutch | Grote Vasapapegaai |
| English | Greater Vasa Parrot |
| English (United States) | Greater Vasa Parrot |
| French | Grand Vaza |
| French (France) | Grand Vaza |
| German | Vasapapagei |
| Japanese | クロインコ |
| Norwegian | vasapapegøye |
| Polish | papuzica duża |
| Russian | Большой ваза |
| Serbian | Veliki vaza papagaj |
| Slovak | krkavčík väčší |
| Spanish | Loro Vasa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Loro vasa |
| Swedish | större vasapapegoja |
| Turkish | Kara Papağan |
| Ukrainian | Папужець-ваза великий |
Coracopsis vasa (Shaw, 1812)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus Vasa
Shaw, 1812. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8 pt2, p.528.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Africa, error = Madagascar, restricted to the eastern part by Bangs, antea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CORACOPSIS
- vasa
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Greater Vasa Parrot
