Psittacula [eques or echo] (Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet)

Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet

Psittacula [eques or echo] (= Psittacula eques) (Boddaert, P 1783)

The echo parakeet is a species of parrot endemic to the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and formerly Réunion. It is the only living native parrot of the Mascarene Islands; all others have become extinct due to human activity. Two subspecies have been recognised, the extinct Réunion parakeet and the living echo parakeet, sometimes known as the Mauritius parakeet. The relationship between the two populations was historically unclear, but a 2015 DNA study determined them to be subspecies of the same species by comparing the DNA of echo parakeets with a single skin thought to be from a Réunion parakeet, but it has also been suggested they did not constitute different subspecies. As it was named first, the binomial name of the Réunion parakeet is used for the species; the Réunion subspecies thereby became P. eques eques, while the Mauritius subspecies became P. eques echo. Their closest relative was the extinct Newton's parakeet of Rodrigues, and the three are grouped among the subspecies of the rose-ringed parakeet of Asia and Africa. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittaculidae
Genus:
   Psittacula
Scientific:
  Psittacula eques

Original description

Citation:
(Boddaert, P 1783)

Reference:
Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton

Protonym:
Psittacus eques

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/35/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
69F1E2FC2D91B46A

Avibase ID:
avibase-69F1E2FC

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/69F1E2FC

Taxonomic Serial Number:

Geographic range:

Psittacula eques: Formerly Réunion I. Extinct
Psittacula echo: Montane forests of Mauritius (on verge of extinction)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet
French:
Perruche de La Réunion ou P. de Maurice

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Reunion or Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula [eques or echo])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Mauritius Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Echo Parakeet ( Alexandrinus eques) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Echo Parakeet ( Alexandrinus eques) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Echo Parakeet ( Alexandrinus eques) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Echo Parakeet ( Alexandrinus eques) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Echo Parakeet ( Psittacula eques) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Psittacula [krameri or eques]

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