Mulga parrot

Mulga parrot
male
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Psephotellus
Species:
P. varius
Binomial name
Psephotellus varius
(Clark, AH, 1910)
Synonyms[2]

Psephotus multicolor
Psephotus varius

The mulga parrot (Psephotellus varius) is endemic to arid scrublands and lightly timbered grasslands in the interior of southern Australia. The male mulga parrot is multicolored, from which the older common name of many-coloured parrot is derived.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Psephotellus varius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22685142A93060389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685142A93060389.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (1 March 2012). "Species Psephotus (Psephotus) varius Clark, 1910". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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