Psittinus cyanurus (Blue-rumped Parrot)

Blue-rumped Parrot

Psittinus cyanurus (Forster, JR 1795)

The blue-rumped parrot is a parrot found in the very southern tip of Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands. It is a small parrot (18 cm) and is primarily green with bright red underwing coverts, a reddish shoulder patch, and yellowish margins on the wing coverts. It is sexually dimorphic. The female has a grey-brown head. The male has a black mantle, red upper mandible, and blue head and rump. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittaculidae
Genus:
   Psittinus
Scientific:
  Psittinus cyanurus

Original description

Citation:
(Forster, JR 1795)

Reference:
Faunula Indica ed. 2

Protonym:
Psittacus cyanurus

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
DD93ECEA9583BC34

Avibase ID:
avibase-DD93ECEA

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DD93ECEA

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177519

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Geographic range:

Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus: S Thailand to s Myanmar, Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo
Psittinus cyanurus pontius: Mentawi Is. (Siberut, Sipura, North Pagai and South Pagai)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Blue-rumped Parrot
Catalan:
Lloret de carpó blau
Czech:
papoušek krátkoocasý
Danish:
Blågumpet Papegøje
German:
Rotachselpapagei
Spanish:
Lorito dorsiazul
Finnish:
palmukaija
French:
Perruche à croupion bleu
Croatian:
plavoglava papiga
Hungarian:
vörösvállú papagáj
Italian:
Pappagallo groppablu
Japanese (romaji):
ruri-goshi inko
Japanese:
ルリゴシインコ
Lithuanian:
mėlynsturplė papūga
Dutch:
Blauwrugpapegaai
Norwegian:
Blågumppapegøye
Polish:
modrorzytka (czarnogrzbieta)
Portuguese:
papagaio-de-rabadilha-azul
Russian:
Красноплечий попугайчик
Slovak:
ladniak červenozobý
Serbian:
Crvenorameni papagaj
Swedish:
blåryggig papegoja
Ukrainian:
папужець синьоголовий
Chinese:
蓝腰短尾鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
藍腰鸚鵡

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blue-rumped Parrot [cyanurus or pontius] ( Psittinus cyanurus [cyanurus or pontius])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue-rumped Parrot [cyanurus or pontius] ( Psittinus cyanurus [cyanurus or pontius])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue-rumped Parrot [cyanurus or pontius] ( Psittinus cyanurus [cyanurus or pontius])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue-rumped Parrot [cyanurus or pontius] ( Psittinus cyanurus [cyanurus or pontius])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue-rumped Parrot [cyanurus or pontius] ( Psittinus cyanurus [cyanurus or pontius])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue-rumped Parrot [cyanurus or pontius] ( Psittinus cyanurus [cyanurus or pontius])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Blue-rumped Parrot (Blue-rumped) ( Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus/pontius) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Blue-rumped Parrot (Blue-rumped) ( Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus/pontius) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Blue-rumped Parrot (Blue-rumped) ( Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus/pontius) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Blue-rumped Parrot (Blue-rumped) ( Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus/pontius) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Blue-rumped Parrot (Blue-rumped) ( Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus/pontius) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Psittinus [cyanurus or abbotti] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Lloret de carpó blau
Czech: papoušek krátkoocasý
Danish: Blågumpet Papegøje
German: Blaubürzelpapagei, Rotachselpapagei, Rotachselpapagei (cyanurus/pontius)
English: Blue-rumped Parrot, Blue-rumped Parrot (Blue-rumped), Blue-rumped Parrot [cyanurus or pontius]
English, HBW: Blue-rumped/Simeulue Parrot
English (IOC): Blue-rumped Parrot, Blue-rumped Parrot (Blue-rumped)
English (United States): Blue-rumped Parrot (Blue-rumped)
Spanish: Lorito de Lomo Azul, Lorito dorsiazul, Lorito Dorsiazul (cyanurus/pontius)
Spanish (Spain): Lorito dorsiazul (cyanurus/pontius)
Estonian: õlipalmi-papagoi
Finnish: palmukaija
French: Perruche à croupion bleu, Perruche à croupion bleu [cyanurus or pontius], Perruche à croupion bleu [cyanurus ou pontius]
Croatian: plavoglava papiga
Hungarian: vörösvállú papagáj
Indonesian: Burung Nuri Tanau, Nuri tanau
Italian: Pappagallo groppablu
Japanese (romaji): ruri-goshi inko, rurigoshiinko (cyanurus/pontius)
Japanese: ルリゴシインコ, ルリゴシインコ (cyanurus/pontius), ルリゴシインコ（cyanurus／pontius）
Japanese (Kanji): 琉璃腰鸚哥, 瑠璃腰鸚哥
Scientific: Psittacus cyanurus, Psittacus malaccensis, Psittinus cyanurus, Psittinus cyanurus [cyanurus or pontius], Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus, Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus/pontius
Lithuanian: mėlynsturplė papūga
Malay: Burung, Burung Bayan, Burung Bayan Tanau, Burung Serindit Gajah, Burung Tanau, Burung Teraling
Dutch: Blauwrugpapegaai
Norwegian: Blågumppapegøye, blågumppapegøye (cyanurus/pontius)
Polish: modrorzytka (czarnogrzbieta), modrorzytka (czarnogrzbieta) (cyanurus/pontius)
Pinyin: lán-yāo yīngwǔ
Portuguese: papagaio-de-rabadilha-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): papagaio-d'uropígio-azul (cyanurus/pontius)
Russian: Красноплечий попугай (cyanurus/pontius), Красноплечий попугайчик
Slovak: ladniak červenozobý, ladniak červenozobý (skup.)
Serbian: Crvenorameni papagaj, Crvenorameni papagaj (plavoleđi)
Swedish: blåryggig papegoja, blåryggig papegoja (cyanurus/pontius)
Thai: นกหกใหญ่, นกหกใหญ่ (หลังดำ)
Thai (Transliteration): nók hòk yày
Turkish: Mavi Belli Papağan, Mavi belli papağan (cyanurus/pontius)
Ukrainian: папужець синьоголовий
Vietnamese: Chim Vẹt đuôi ngắn
Chinese: 蓝腰短尾鹦鹉, 蓝腰短尾鹦鹉（蓝背）, 蓝腰鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 藍腰鸚鵡