Parrots (Psittacidae)
Papuan King-parrot (Alisterus chloropterus) - HBW 4, p. 396
French: Perruche à ailes vertes
German: Papuasittich
Spanish: Papagayo Papú
Other common names: Green-winged King-parrot
Taxonomy: Aprosmictus chloropterus E. P. Ramsay, 1879, Goldie River, New Guinea.
Genus has occasionally been lumped with Aprosmictus. Forms a superspecies with A. amboinensis. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- moszkowskii (Reichenow, 1911) - N New Guinea.
- callopterus (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) - C New Guinea from Weyland Mts to R Fly.
- chloropterus (E. P. Ramsay, 1879) - E New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp moszkowskii)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 21 sec 4.3
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A perched adult bird.
Locality Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp moszkowskii)
mehdhalaouate 9 September 2006 2 years ago 3.3 -
Adult bird on a branch.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (ssp moszkowskii)
Tomasz Doroń 25 June 2009 2 years ago 3
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Recorded calling from trees up on a ridge mid-morning. Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 24 September 2008 2 years ago 4
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