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
Citation:
(Forster, JR 1795)
Reference:
Faunula Indica ed. 2
Protonym:
Psittacus cyanurus
Type locality:
Malacca, ex Latham, Gen. Syn., Suppl., 1, p. 66.
Avibase ID:
DD93ECEA9583BC34
Avibase ID:
avibase-DD93ECEA
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DD93ECEA
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177519
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): 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]) |
Avilist 2025: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
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] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: 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] |
eBird version 2023: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [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] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Blue-rumped Parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: 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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