Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (6)
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 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bosveldpapegaai |
| Bulgarian | Майеров папагал |
| Catalan | lloro de Meyer |
| Czech | papoušek žlutotemenný |
| Dutch | Meyerpapegaai |
| English | Meyer's Parrot |
| English (United States) | Meyer's Parrot |
| French | Perroquet de Meyer |
| French (France) | Perroquet de Meyer |
| German | Goldbugpapagei |
| Icelandic | Brúnpáfi |
| Japanese | ムラクモインコ |
| Norwegian | gulissepapegøye |
| Polish | afrykanka złotoplama |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Papagaio de Meyer |
| Russian | Желтолобый попугай |
| Serbian | Mejerov papagaj |
| Slovak | papagáj hnedý |
| Spanish | Lorito de Meyer |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lorito de Meyer |
| Swedish | stäppapegoja |
| Turkish | Meyer Papağanı |
| Ukrainian | Папуга-довгокрил жовтоплечий |
| Zulu | isikhwenenesimahlombaphuzi |
Poicephalus meyeri (Cretzschmar, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus Meyeri
Cretzschmar, 1827. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Erste Abtheilung. Zoologie. Vögel -1826, p.18 pl.11.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kordofan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- POICEPHALUS
- poicephalus
- meyeri / meyerianus / meyerii
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 Meyer's Parrot
