Erythrura cyaneovirens (Red-headed Parrotfinch)

Red-headed Parrotfinch

Erythrura cyaneovirens (Peale, TR 1849)

The red-headed parrotfinch is a common species of estrildid finch found in the Samoan Islands. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
   Erythrura
Scientific:
  Erythrura cyaneovirens

Original description

Citation:
(Peale, TR 1849)

Reference:
U.S. Explor. Exped. [Wilkes] 8 p.117

Imprint year:
1848

Protonym:
Geospiza cyaneovirens

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
6B80866B5C3E935D

Avibase ID:
avibase-6B80866B

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6B80866B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559970

Geographic range:

Erythrura cyaneovirens cyaneovirens: Western Samoa (Savai'i and Upolu)
Erythrura cyaneovirens gaughrani: Savai'i (Western Samoa)
Erythrura cyaneovirens serena: Aneityum (Vanuatu)
Erythrura cyaneovirens efatensis: Efate (Vanuatu)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-headed Parrotfinch
Catalan:
diamant cap-roig
Czech:
amada krátkoocasá
Danish:
Korthalet Papegøjeamadine
German:
Kurzschwanz-Papageiamadine
Spanish:
Pinzón Loro de Cabeza Roja
Finnish:
melanesianparatiisipeippo
French:
Diamant vert-bleu
Hungarian:
szamoai papagájamandina
Italian:
Diamante testarossa
Japanese (romaji):
seikihinomaruseikouchou
Japanese:
セイキヒノマルチョウ
Lithuanian:
Raudongalvė papūginė amadina
Dutch:
Samoapapegaaiamadine
Norwegian:
Rødhetteamadin
Polish:
papuzik czerwonoglowy
Portuguese:
Diamante-de-cabeça-vermelha
Russian:
Короткохвостая попугайная амадина
Slovak:
amada červenohlavá
Swedish:
Rödhuvad amadin
Ukrainian:
Папужник червоноголовий
Chinese:
红头鹦雀
Chinese (Traditional):
紅頭鸚雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Diamant vert-bleu ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Erythrura cyaneovirens [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2

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Other related concepts

Erythrura [cyaneovirens x trichroa] (hybrid)

Other synonyms