Parrots (Psittacidae)

Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus) - HBW 4, p. 395

French: Grand Éclectus German: Edelpapagei Spanish: Loro Ecléctico
Other common names: Red-sided (Eclectus) Parrot, Kalanga

Taxonomy: Psittacus roratus P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Ambon.
Genus name formerly given as Lorius Boddaert, 1783, although original spelling, was “Larius”; this name (either spelling) officially suppressed in 1970, giving way to Eclectus for present species, and leaving genus name Lorius Vigors, 1825, available for “Domicella” lories. Race polychloros formerly known as pectoralis, but latter name now considered a synonym of nominate. Proposed race “westermani” is known only from four aviary specimens of unknown provenance dating from before 1850. Nine subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • vosmaeri (Rothschild, 1922) - N & C Moluccas.
  • roratus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - S Moluccas.
  • cornelia Bonaparte, 1850 - Sumba (Lesser Sundas).

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  • vosmaeri (Rothschild, 1922) - N & C Moluccas.
  • roratus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - S Moluccas.
  • cornelia Bonaparte, 1850 - Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
  • riedeli A. B. Meyer, 1882 - Tanimbar Is.
  • aruensis G. R. Gray, 1858 - Aru Is.
  • biaki (Hartert, 1932) - Biak I.
  • polychloros (Scopoli, 1786) - New Guinea and adjacent islands and archipelagos.
  • solomonensis Rothschild & Hartert, 1901 - Admiralty Is, Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Is.
  • macgillivrayi Mathews, 1913 - extreme N Queensland.