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Moluccan King-Parrot

Alisterus amboinensis (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The Moluccan king parrot is a parrot endemic to Peleng Island, Maluku, and West Papua in Indonesia. It is sometimes referred to as the Ambon king parrot or Amboina king parrot, but this is potentially misleading, as it is found on numerous other islands than Ambon. The male and female are similar in appearance, with a predominantly red head and underparts, green wings, and blue back and tail. Six subspecies are recognised, but only a few of these are regular in aviculture. In the wild, it inhabits rainforests and feeds on fruits, berries, seeds and buds. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittaculidae
Genus:
   Alisterus
Scientific:
  Alisterus amboinensis


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Psittacus amboinensis

Type locality:
  Amboina.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/145/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  893EB5E1C46C52AB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-893EB5E1

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/893EB5E1


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177549

Geographic range:

  • Alisterus amboinensis: islands east of Sulawesi, Moluccas, and northwestern New Guinea
  • Alisterus amboinensis amboinensis: southern Moluccas (Boano, Ambon, and Seram)
  • Alisterus amboinensis hypophonius: Halmahera (northern Moluccas)
  • Alisterus amboinensis sulaensis: Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho, and Mangole)
  • Alisterus amboinensis versicolor: Peleng, in Banggai Islands (off eastern Sulawesi)
  • Alisterus amboinensis buruensis: Buru (southern Moluccas)
  • Alisterus amboinensis dorsalis: northwestern New Guinea, including Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea)
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English:
Moluccan King-Parrot
Catalan:
Papagai de les Moluques
Czech:
papoušek amboinský
Danish:
Ambonkongeparakit
German:
Amboinasittich
Spanish:
Papagayo Moluqueño
Spanish (Spain):
Papagayo Moluqueño
Finnish:
molukkienkuningaskaija
French:
Perruche tricolore
Croatian:
plavoleđa papiga
Hungarian:
Ambon-királypapagáj
Italian:
Pappagallo re delle Molucche
Japanese (romaji):
ouinko
Japanese:
オウインコ
Lithuanian:
Molukinė karališkoji lora
Dutch:
Molukse Koningsparkiet
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Monarkparakitt
Norwegian:
Monarkparakitt
Polish:
szkarłatka niebieskogrzbieta
Portuguese:
Periquito-rei-amboina
Portuguese (Portugal):
papagaio-rei-das-molucas
Russian:
Трёхцветный попугай
Slovak:
kráľčik molucký
Serbian:
Molučki kraljevski papagaj (ambiona)
Swedish:
moluckkungspapegoja
Ukrainian:
Алістер молуцький
Chinese:
安汶王鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
摩鹿加王鸚鵡


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Perruche tricolore ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Perruche tricolore ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Amboina King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Amboina King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Moluccan King-Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Amboina King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Amboina King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Moluccan King-parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
Moluccan King Parrot ( Alisterus amboinensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Alisterus amboinensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Alisterus amboinensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Alisterus amboinensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Alisterus amboinensis [version 1]

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Catalan: Papagai de les Moluques
Czech: papoušek amboinský, Papoušek ambonský
Danish: Amboinakongeparakit, Ambonkongeparakit
German: Amboinasittich
English: Amboina King Parrot, Amboina King-Parrot, Ambon King-Parrot, Moluccan King Parrot, Moluccan King-Parrot
English, HBW: Moluccan King-parrot
English (IOC): Moluccan King Parrot
English (United States): Moluccan King-Parrot
Spanish: Papagayo Moluqueño, Papagayo Real de Amboina
Spanish (Spain): Papagayo Moluqueño
Spanish (HBW): Moluccan King-Parrot
Estonian: maluku kuningpapagoi
Finnish: Molukkienkuningaskaija
French: Perruche royale d'Amboine, Perruche tricolore, Régente tricolore
Croatian: plavoleđa papiga
Hungarian: Ambon-királypapagáj
Indonesian: Nuriraja Ambon, Nuri-raja ambon
Italian: Pappagallo re delle Molucche, Parrocchetto reale di Amboina
Japanese (romaji): ouinko
Japanese: オウインコ
Scientific: Alisterus amboinensis, Alisterus amboinensis amboinensis, Psittacus amboinensis
Lithuanian: Molukinė karališkoji lora
Dutch: Molukse Koningsparkiet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Monarkparakitt
Norwegian: Amboina-kongeparakitt, Monarkparakitt
Polish: szkarlatka niebieskogrzbieta, szkarłatka niebieskogrzbieta
Portuguese: Periquito-rei-amboina
Portuguese (Portugal): papagaio-rei-das-molucas
Russian: Амбоинский королевский попугай, Амбойнский королевский попугай, Трёхцветный попугай
Slovak: kráľčik molucký
Serbian: Ambiona kraljevski papagaj, Molučki kraljevski papagaj (ambiona)
Swedish: moluckkungspapegoja, Moluckkungsparakit
Turkish: Maluku kral papağanı
Ukrainian: Алістер молуцький
Chinese: 安汶王鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 摩鹿加王鸚鵡

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