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Blue-backed Parrot

Tanygnathus everetti Tweeddale, A 1877

The blue-backed parrot, also known as Müller's parrot is a large, endangered species of parrot endemic to the Philippines. It is found in tropical moist lowland forests. Flocks are small and often active at night. Its main threats are habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittaculidae
Genus:
   Tanygnathus
Scientific:
  Tanygnathus everetti


Original description

Citation:
  Tweeddale, A 1877

Reference:
   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), 20 p.533

Protonym:
  Tanygnathus Everetti

Type locality:
  Butuan, Mindanao.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15686658


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C38EDB84BC2856A6

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C38EDB84

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C38EDB84


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 714367


ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Tanygnathus everetti: Philippines
  • Tanygnathus everetti everetti: Philippines (Visayan Islands and Mindanao)
  • Tanygnathus everetti duponti: Luzon (northern Philippines)
  • Tanygnathus everetti freeri: Polillo (northern Philippines)
  • Tanygnathus everetti burbidgii: Sulu Archipelago
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English:
Blue-backed Parrot
Danish:
Visayan Grovnæbspapegøje
German:
Blaurückenpapagei
French:
Perruche d'Everett
Dutch:
Filipijnse Blauwstuitpapegaai
Norwegian:
smaragdpapegøye
Polish:
papuga filipińska
Portuguese:
papagaio-de-dorso-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
papagaio-de-everett
Slovak:
ladniak červenooký
Swedish:
blåryggig papegoja
Chinese:
蓝背鹦鹉


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Blue-backed Parrot [everetti] ( Tanygnathus sumatranus [everetti])
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Azure-rumped Parrot (Blue-backed) ( Tanygnathus sumatranus [everetti Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Azure-rumped Parrot (Blue-backed) ( Tanygnathus sumatranus [everetti Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Blue-backed Parrot ( Tanygnathus everetti) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Tanygnathus [sumatranus or everetti] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Danish: Visayan Grovnæbspapegøje
German: Blaurückenpapagei, Blaurückenpapagei [everetti-Gruppe]
English: Azure-rumped Parrot (Blue-backed), Blue-backed Parrot, Blue-backed Parrot [everetti]
English (IOC): Blue-backed Parrot (Blue-backed)
English (United States): Azure-rumped Parrot (Blue-backed)
Spanish: Loro de Müller (Filipinas)
Spanish (Spain): Loro de Müller (Filipinas)
French: Perruche de Müller (everetti), Perruche de Müller [everetti], Perruche d'Everett
Icelandic: Klumbupáfi [everetti hópur]
Japanese: ササハインコ(everetti グループ)
Scientific: Tanygnathus everetti, Tanygnathus sumatranus [everetti Group], Tanygnathus sumatranus [everetti], Tanygnathus sumatranus everetti
Dutch: Filipijnse Blauwstuitpapegaai
Norwegian: asurgumppapegøye (everetti gr.), smaragdpapegøye
Polish: papuga filipińska
Portuguese: papagaio-de-dorso-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): papagaio-de-dorso-azul [grupo everetti], papagaio-de-everett
Russian: Синеспинный попугай [группа everetti]
Slovak: ladniak červenooký, ladniak červenooký (skup.)
Serbian: Celebeski edel papagaj (žutovrati)
Swedish: blåryggig papegoja, Müllers papegoja [gruppen everetti]
Turkish: Gökçe Belli Papağan [everetti grubu]
Chinese: 蓝背鹦鹉

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