Papuan Eclectus
Eclectus polychloros (Scopoli, GA 1786)
The eclectus parrot is a parrot native to the Solomon Islands, Sumba, New Guinea and nearby islands, northeastern Australia, and the Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is unusual in the parrot family for its extreme sexual dimorphism of the colours of the plumage; the male having a mostly bright emerald green plumage and the female a mostly bright red and purple/blue plumage. Joseph Forshaw, in his book Parrots of the World, noted that the first European ornithologists to see eclectus parrots thought they were of two distinct species. Large populations of this parrot remain, and they are sometimes considered pests for eating fruit off trees. Some populations restricted to relatively small islands are comparably rare. Their bright feathers are also used by native tribespeople in New Guinea as decorations. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:
Psittaculidae
Genus:
Eclectus
Scientific:
Eclectus polychloros
Original description
Citation:
(Scopoli, GA 1786)
Reference:
Delic. Florae Faunae Insubr.
2 p.87
Protonym:
Psittacus polychloros
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
028FCD4B04A2653C
Avibase ID:
avibase-028FCD4B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/028FCD4B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 714374
Geographic range:
- Eclectus polychloros: Kai Islands (southeastern Moluccas), New Guinea, northeastern Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
- Eclectus polychloros polychloros: New Guinea, including satellite islands
- Eclectus polychloros solomonensis: Bismarck Archipelago including Admiralty Islands, and Solomon Islands
- Eclectus polychloros macgillivrayi: northeastern Australia (far northern Queensland)
- Eclectus polychloros aruensis: Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
- Eclectus polychloros biaki: Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
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Papuan Eclectus
Danish:
Ny Guinea-ædelpapegøje
French:
Éclectus papou
Dutch:
Papoea-edelpapegaai
Norwegian:
praktpapegøye
Polish:
barwnica papuaska
Portuguese:
papagaio-eclético-papua
Portuguese (Portugal):
papagaio-ecléctico-da-papua
Slovak:
ladniak papuánsky
Swedish:
papuaädelpapegoja
Chinese:
巴布亚红胁绿鹦鹉
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eclectus Parrot [polychloros] ( Eclectus roratus [polychloros]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eclectus Parrot [polychloros] ( Eclectus roratus [polychloros]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eclectus Parrot [polychloros] ( Eclectus roratus [polychloros]) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Eclectus Parrot (Papuan) ( Eclectus roratus [polychloros Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Eclectus Parrot (Papuan) ( Eclectus roratus [polychloros Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Eclectus Parrot (Papuan) ( Eclectus roratus [polychloros Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Papuan Eclectus ( Eclectus polychloros) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Eclectus [roratus, cornelia, riedeli or polychloros]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Danish: Ny Guinea-ædelpapegøje
German: Edelpapagei [polychloros-Gruppe]
English: Eclectus Parrot (Papuan), Eclectus Parrot [polychloros], Papuan Eclectus
English, HBW: Eclectus Parrot (Papuan)
English (IOC): Eclectus Parrot (Papuan)
English (United States): Eclectus Parrot (Papuan)
Spanish: Loro Ecléctico (de Nueva Guinea)
Spanish (Spain): Loro ecléctico (de Nueva Guinea)
French: Éclectus papou, Grand Éclectus (polychloros), Grand Éclectus [polychloros]
Japanese: オオハナインコ（polychloros グループ）
Scientific: Eclectus polychloros, Eclectus roratus [polychloros Group], Eclectus roratus [polychloros], Eclectus roratus polychloros, Psittacus polychloros
Dutch: Papoea-edelpapegaai
Norwegian: edelpapegøye (polychloros gr.), praktpapegøye
Polish: barwnica (zwyczajna) [gr. polychloros], barwnica papuaska
Portuguese: papagaio-eclético-papua
Portuguese (Portugal): papagaio-ecléctico [grupo polychloros], papagaio-ecléctico-da-papua
Russian: Благородный попугай [группа polychloros]
Slovak: ladniak papuánsky, ladniak papuánsky (skup.)
Serbian: Širokorepi edel papagaj (papuanski)
Swedish: ädelpapegoja [gruppen polychloros], papuaädelpapegoja
Turkish: Eklektus papağanı [polychloros grubu]
Chinese: 巴布亚红胁绿鹦鹉
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