Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Nigel Collar, Eduardo de Juana, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 10, 2015
Text last updated August 10, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | periquito nocturn |
| Czech | kakari noční |
| Dutch | Nachtpapegaai |
| English | Night Parrot |
| English (United States) | Night Parrot |
| French | Perruche nocturne |
| French (France) | Perruche nocturne |
| German | Höhlensittich |
| Icelandic | Holupáfi |
| Japanese | ヒメフクロウインコ |
| Norwegian | hulepapegøye |
| Polish | papużka żółtobrzucha |
| Russian | Ночной попугайчик |
| Serbian | Noćni papagaj |
| Slovak | zemnár nočný |
| Spanish | Perico Nocturno |
| Spanish (Spain) | Perico nocturno |
| Swedish | nattpapegoja |
| Turkish | Gece Papağanı |
| Ukrainian | Папужка жовточеревий |
Pezoporus occidentalis (Gould, 1861)
PROTONYM:
Geopsittacus occidentalis
Gould, 1861. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, Part 1, p. 100.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West Australia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PEZOPORUS
- pezopora / pezoporos / pezoporus
- occidentale / occidentalis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Night Parrot
