Parrots (Psittacidae)
Moluccan King-parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) - HBW 4, p. 395
French: Perruche tricolore
German: Amboinasittich
Spanish: Papagayo Moluqueño
Other common names: Ambon/Amboina King-parrot/Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus amboinensis Linnaeus, 1766, Ambon.
Genus has occasionally been lumped with Aprosmictus. Forms a superspecies with A. chloropterus. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hypophonius (S. Müller, 1843) - Halmahera in N Moluccas.
- sulaensis (Reichenow, 1881) - Sula Is.
- versicolor Neumann, 1939 - Peleng in Banggai Is.
- hypophonius (S. Müller, 1843) - Halmahera in N Moluccas.
- sulaensis (Reichenow, 1881) - Sula Is.
- versicolor Neumann, 1939 - Peleng in Banggai Is.
- buruensis (Salvadori, 1876) - Buru in S Moluccas.
- amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Ambon and Seram in S Moluccas.
- dorsalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - W Papuan Is and W Irian Jaya (W New Guinea).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a feeder Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A bird moving on a perch Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp buruensis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 4.3
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A nervous perched bird.
Locality Buru, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp buruensis)
mehdhalaouate 12 August 2006 2 years ago 3.2 -
Adult bird on a branch.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp buruensis)
Tomasz Doroń 3 July 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Adult perching in an aviary of Vogelpark Walsrode
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp Alisterus amboinensis buruensis)
Pierre de Chabannes 1 April 2009 2 years ago 2
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