Avibase: Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia] (Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch)

Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch

Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia] (= 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

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

Type locality:
Upolu [= Samoa].

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/348055#page/137/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
7775B5DA86F78F23

Avibase ID:
avibase-7775B5DA

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7775B5DA

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559970

Geographic range:

Erythrura cyaneovirens: Vanuatu and Samoa
Erythrura cyaneovirens cyaneovirens: Upolu (western Samoa, south-central Polynesia)
Erythrura cyaneovirens gaughrani: Savaiʻi (western Samoa, south-central Polynesia)
Erythrura cyaneovirens serena: Aneityum (southern Vanuatu)
Erythrura cyaneovirens efatensis: Efate (central Vanuatu)
Erythrura cyaneovirens regia: Gaua, in southern Banks Islands (northern Vanuatu) to Emae (central Vanuatu)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch
French:
Diamant vert-bleu ou D. des Nouvelles-Hébrides

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia])
Avilist 2025: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Red-headed Parrot-Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 2]
eBird version 2025: Royal Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-headed Parrot Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-headed Parrot Finch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-headed Parrotfinch ( Erythrura cyaneovirens) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Erythrura [cyaneovirens, regia or pealii]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bulgarian: Синя папагалова амадина
Catalan: diamant cap-roig
Czech: amada krátkoocasá, Amadina krátkoocasá
Danish: Korthalet Papegøjeamadine
German: Kurzschwanz-Papageiamadine, Samoapapageiamadine
English: Red-headed or Royal Parrotfinch, Red-headed Parrot Finch, Red-headed Parrotfinch, Red-headed Parrot-Finch, Royal Parrotfinch
English (Avilist): Royal Parrotfinch
English, HBW: Red-headed Parrotfinch
English (IOC): Royal/Red-headed Parrotfinch
English (United States): Royal Parrotfinch
Esperanto: Cejanverda eritruro, reĝa estrildo
Spanish: Diamante verdiazul, Pinzón Loro de Cabeza Roja
Spanish (Spain): Diamante verdiazul
Estonian: punapea-roheamadiin
Finnish: Melanesianparatiisipeippo
French: Diamant vert-bleu, Diamant vert-bleu ou D. des Nouvelles-Hébrides
French (Guyane): Diamant vert-bleu
Croatian: crvenoglava amadina
Hungarian: szamoai papagájamandina
Italian: Diamante testarossa
Japanese (romaji): seikihinomaruseikouchou
Japanese: セイキヒノマルセイコウチョウ, セイキヒノマルチョウ
Scientific: Amblynura cyanovirens, Erythrura [cyaneovirens or regia], Erythrura cyaneovirens, Erythrura cyaneovirens cyaneovirens, Erythrura cyanovirens, Erythrura regia, Geospiza cyaneovirens
Lithuanian: Raudongalvė papūginė amadina
Dutch: Samoapapegaaiamadine, Samoa-papegaaiamadine
Norwegian: Rødhetteamadin, Samoa papegøyeamadin
Polish: papuzik czerwonoglowy, Papuzik czerwonogłowy
Portuguese: Diamante-de-cabeça-vermelha
Russian: Короткохвостая попугайная амадина
Slovak: amada cervenohlavá
Serbian: Kraljevska papagaj amadina
Swedish: Rödhuvad amadin
Turkish: Vanuatu Papağan İspinozu
Ukrainian: Папужник червоноголовий
Chinese: 红头鹦雀
Chinese (Traditional): 紅頭鸚雀