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Psittaciformes (Cockatoos and Parrots)

 

Superfamily: Cacatuoidea (Cockatoos)

Family: Cacatuidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cacatua sp. nov. 'Bismarck Archipelago' - Bismarck cockatoo subfossil Mussau & New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea Extinct Access
             

Cacatua sp. nov. 'New Caledonia'

- New Caledonian cockatoo ? Grand Terre, New Caledonia Extinct Access

 

 

Superfamily: Psittacoidea (True Parrots)

Family: Psittacidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Amazona barbadensis canifrons Lawrence, 1883 Aruba amazon 1882/83 Aruba, Caribbean Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Amazona kawalli Grantsau & Camargo, 1989 Kawall's amazon, Kawall's parrot, White-cheeked amazon - Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Amazona leucocephala bahamensis Bryant, 1867 Bahama amazon ? Acklins Island, Crooked, and Long Cay, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Amazona martinicana Clark, 1905 Martinique amazon, Martinique parrot 1700's Martinique Extinct Access
             
Amazona violacea Gmelin, 1789 Guadeloupe amazon, Guadeloupe parrot 1779 Guadeloupe, West Indies Hypothetical Access
             
Amazona vittata gracilipes Ridgway, 1915 Culebra Island amazon, Culebran amazon, Culebran parrot, Culebran red-fronted amazon  1912 Culebra Island, Puerto Rico Extinct Access
             
Amazona vittata subsp. nov. 'Antigua' - Antigua parrot Holocene Antigua Extinct if distinct Access
             

Amazona vittata subsp. nov. 'Barbuda'

- Barbuda parrot Late Pleistocene or Holocene Barbuda Extinct Access
             
Amazona sp. nov. 'Barbados' - Barbados amazon early 1700's Barbados Hypothetical Access
             
Amazona sp. nov. 'Grenada' - Grenada amazon, Grenada parrot ? Grenada, Lesser Antilles Extinct? Access
             
Amazona sp. nov. 'Jamaica' - Red Jamaican amazon, Red Jamaican parrot 1764 Jamaica Hypothetical Access
             
Amazona sp. nov. 'Montserrat' - Montserrat amazon, Montserrat parrot ? Montserrat Extinct? Access
             
Amazona sp. nov. 'Turks and Caicos' - Turks and Caicos amazon, Turks and Caicos parrot ? Turks and Caicos Islands Extinct? Access
             
Anodorhynchus glaucus Vieillot, 1816 Glaucous macaw 1951 or 1960's Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay & Uruguay Missing Access
             
Anodorhynchus leari Bonaparte, 1856 Lear's macaw, Indigo macaw - Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Anodorhynchus purpurascens Rothschild, 1905 Violet macaw ? Guadeloupe Hypothetical Access
             
Ara atwoodi Clark, 1908 Domincan macaw, Dominican green and yellow macaw, Dominican green-and-yellow macaw, Atwood's macaw pre-1792 Dominica, Hispaniola Hypothetical Access
             
Ara autocthones Wetmore, 1937 St. Croix macaw Holocene St. Croix, Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico Extinct Access
             
Ara erythrocephala Gosse, 1847 Jamaican Green-and-yellow macaw, Green and yellow macaw 1810 or 1842 Jamaica Hypothetical Access
             
Ara erythrura Rothschild, 1907 Red-tailed blue-and-yellow macaw, Satin macaw ? West Indies Hypothetical Access
             
Ara gossei Rothschild, 1905 Jamaican red macaw, Yellow-headed macaw c.1765 Jamaica Hypothetical Access
             
Ara guadeloupensis Clark, 1905 Guadeloupe macaw, Lesser Antillean macaw ? Guadeloupe, Mexico Hypothetical Access
             
Ara martinica (Rothschild, 1905) Martinique macaw, Orange-bellied macaw ? Martinique, Lesser Antilles Hypothetical Access
             
Ara tricolor Bechstein, 1811 Cuban macaw, Guacamayo Cubano 1864 Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud) Extinct Access
             
Ara sp. nov. 'Hispaniola' - Hispaniolan macaw - Hispaniola Erroneous Access
             
Ara sp. nov. 'Marie Galante' - Marie Galante macaw ? Marie Galante Extinct if distinct Access
             
Ara sp. nov. 'Montserrat' - Montserrat macaw Holocene Montserrat Extinct Access
             
Aratinga sp. nov. 'Barbados' - Barbados parakeet ? Barbados, West Indies Extinct Access
             
Aratinga sp. nov. 'Barbuda' - Barbudan parakeet ? Barbuda Extinct Access
             
Aratinga sp. nov. 'Dominica' - Dominca(n) parakeet ? Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Aratinga sp. nov. 'Martinique' - Martinique parakeet ? Martinique Extinct Access
             
Conuropsis carolinensis carolinensis Linnaeus, 1758 Carolina parakeet, Carolina paroquet 21 February 1918 USA (eastern) Extinct Access
             
Conuropsis carolinensis ludoviciana Gmelin, 1788 Carolina parakeet, Carolina paroquet, Louisiana paroquet 1910 USA (southeastern) Extinct Access
             
Cyanopsitta spixii Wagler, 1832 Spix's macaw, Little blue macaw 2000 Brazil Extinct in the wild Access
             
Forpus sp. nov. 'Bahamas' - Bahama parrotlet Late Pleistocene Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Hapalopsittaca fuertesi (Chapman, 1912) Indigo-winged Parrot, Fuertes's parrot - Colombia Rediscovered Access
             
Ognorhynchus icterotis (Massena & Souancé, 1854) Yellow-eared parrot, Yellow-eared conure - Colombia & Ecuador Rediscovered Access
             
Psittacara labati Rothschild, 1905 Guadeloupe parakeet, Labat's conure pre-1723 Guadeloupe, West Indies Extinct Access
             
Psittacara leucophthalmus nicefori Meyer de Schauensee, 1946 White-eyed parakeet 1946 Guaicaramo, Colombia Hypothetical Access
             
Psittacara maugei Souancé, 1856 Mona Island conure, Puerto Rican conure, Puerto Rico parakeet 1892 Puerto Rico (including Mona Island) Extinct Access
             
Pyrrhura subandina Todd, 1917 Sinú parakeet, Jaraquiel conure 1940 Sinú parakeet, Jaraquiel conure Missing Access
             
PSITTACIDAE sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui' #1 -   ? Rapa Nui (=Easter Island) Extinct Access
             
PSITTACIDAE sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui' #2 -   ? Rapa Nui (=Easter Island) Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Psittaculidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Alexandrinus exsul Newton, 1872 Newton's parakeet, Rodrigues parakeet, Rodriques ring-necked parakeet, Rodriguez ring-necked parakeet 1870's Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Charmosyna amabilis Ramsay, 1875 Red-throated lorikeet 1993 Ovalau, Taveuni, Vanua Levu and Viti Levu (all four are Fijian islands) Missing Access
             
Charmosyna diadema Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 New Caledonian lorikeet 1913? New Caledonia Missing Access
             
Charmosyna samoensis Hartlaub, 1867 Kotzebue's lorikeet pre-1831 Samoa Hypothetical Access
             
Charmosyna toxopei Siebers, 1930 Blue-fronted lorikeet, Buru lorikeet 1920's? Buru, South Maluku, Indonesia Extant or rediscovered? Access
             
Charmosyna sp. nov. 'Tonga' - - ? Tonga Hypothetical Access
             
Cyanoramphus erythrotis Wagler, 1832 Macquarie (Island) parakeet 1890 Macquarie Island, Australia (politically) Extinct Access
             
Cyanoramphus malherbi Souancé, 1857 Orange-fronted parakeet, Malherbe's parakeet, kākāriki karaka (Māori) (rediscovered) New Zealand Rediscovered Access
             
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens Salvadori, 1891 Lord Howe Island parakeet, Lord Howe Island red-fronted parakeet 1869 Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Extinct Access
             
Cyanoramphus ulietanus Gmelin, 1788 Raiatea parakeet, Society parakeet 1773 Raiatea (=Ulietea), Society Islands, French Polynesia Extinct Access
             
Cyanoramphus zealandicus Latham, 1790 Black-fronted parakeet, Tahiti parakeet, Tahiti black-fronted parakeet 1844 Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia Extinct Access
             
Cyanoramphus sp. nov. 'Campbell Island' - Campbell Island parakeet Holocene Campbell Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Cyanoramphus sp. nov. 'Rapa' - - Holocene Rapa Iti, French Polynesia Extinct Access
             

Cyclopsitta coxeni

(Gould, 1867) Coxen's fig parrot, Blue-browed fig parrot, Red-faced fig parrot, Southern fig parrot, lorilet, Bundjalung, Butchulla, Turrbal, Yugara, Waka Waka, Yaegl ? New South Wales & Queensland, Australia Missing? Access
             
Eclectus infectus Steadman, 2006 Oceanic eclectus parrot, Pacific Islands eclectus parrot late Holocene (bones); 1793 (possible drawing of live individual) 'Eua, Lifuka, Uiha & Vava'u, Tonga (also Fiji & Vanuatu?) Extinct Access
             
Eclectus roratus westermani Bonaparte, 1850 Westerman's eclectus parrot 1859 (before 1850?) ? Extinct Access
             
cf. Eclectus sp. nov. 'Rota' -   ? Rota, Mariana Islands Extinct Access
             
Eos bornea Linnaeus, 1758 Red-and-green lory pre-1752 Borneo? Invalid? Access
             
Eos coccinea Brisson, 1760 Le Vaillant's lory, Levaillant's lory ? Unknown Invalid (synonym)? Access
             
Eos goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1907 Goodfellow's lory ? Obi, Maluku Islands (=Moluccas), Indonesia Invalid? Access
             
Eos histrio challengeri Salvadori, 1891 Challenger red-and-blue lory 10 February 1875 Nenusa Islands, Talaud Archipelago, Indonesia Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Eos histrio histrio Müller, 1776 Sangihe red-and-blue lory ? Sangihe (=Sangir =Sangir Besar), Sangihe Islands (=Sangihe Archipelago), Indonesia Missing Access
             
Eos unicolor Le Vaillant, 1805 Unicoloured lory, Unicolored lory pre-1806 Maluku Islands (=Moluccas)? Unresolved Access
             
?Eos variegata Gmelin, 1788 Variegated lory ? Maluku Islands (=Moluccas)? Invalid? Access
             
Lophopsittacus mauritianus Owen, 1866 Mauritius parrot, Broad-billed parrot, Raven parrot, Mauritian flightless parrot 1673-1674 Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             

Loriculus flosculus

Wallace, 1864 Flores hanging parrot, Wallace's hanging parrot (rediscovered) Flores & Rinca Island, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Loriculus philippensis chrysonotus Sclater, 1872 Cebu hanging parrot, Colasisi, Cebu golden-backed hanging parakeet 1943 Cebu, Philippines Missing Access
             
Loriculus philippensis siquijorensis Steere, 1890 Siquijor hanging parrot 1908 Siquijor Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Loriculus salvadorii Hachisuka, 1930 Salvador's hanging parrot ? Mindanao, Philippines Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Lorius amabilis Stresemann, 1931 Stresemann's lory pre-1932 Nakanai, New Britain, Papua New Guinea Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Lorius tibialis Sclater, 1871 Blue-thighed lory, Jamrach's lory pre-1872 Unknown Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Mascarinus mascarin Linnaeus, 1771 Mascarene parrot, Mascarin 1800's Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
?Necropsittacus borbonicus Rothschild, 1907 Réunion parrot, Dubois’s parrot ? Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Necropsittacus francicus Rothschild, 1907 - ? Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Invalid (synonym)? Access
             
Necropsittacus rodricanus Milne-Edwards, 1867 Rodrigues parrot ? Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Palaeornis wardi Newton, 1867 Seychelles parakeet, Seychelles parrot 1893 Mahé & Silhouette, Seychelles Extinct Access
             

Pezoporus flaviventris

North, 1911 Western ground parrot, kyloring - south-west Western Australia, Australia Erroneously listed as extinct Access
             
Pezoporus occidentalis (Gould, 1861) Night parrot, Spinifex parrot, Porcupine parrot, Night parakeet, Ground-parakeet, tnokkapaltara, myrrlumbing - Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Psephotellus pulcherrimus (Gould, 1845) Paradise parrot, Beautiful parakeet, Scarlet-shouldered parrot November 1928 Queensland, Australia Extinct Access
             
Psittacula bensoni (Holyoak, 1973) Mauritius grey parrot, Thirioux's parrot, Thirioux’s grey parrot 1759 or 1764 Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Psittacula cf. bensoni - Réunion grey parrot 1732 Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access

Psittacula eques echo

(Newton & Newton, 1876) Echo parakeet, Mauritius parakeet - Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Formerly extinct in the wild Access
             
Psittacula eques eques Boddaert, 1783 Réunion (ring-necked) parakeet 1732 Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Psittacula intermedia (Rothschild, 1895) Intermediate parakeet, Rothschild's parakeet ? India Invalid (hybrid) Access
             
Tanygnathus gramineus Gmelin, 1788 (1789?) Black-lored parrot - Buru, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Tanygnathus heterurus Salvadori, 1912 Rufous-tailed parrot 1875 or before ? Extinct? Access
             
Trichoglossus forsteni mitchellii
Gray, 1859 Mitchell's lorikeet - Bali and Lombok, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Trichoglossus haematodus brooki Ogilvie-Grant, 1907 Brook's lorikeet pre-1908 Brook's lorikeet, Aru Islands rainbow lorikeet Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Trichoglossus verreauxius Bonaparte, 1854 Verreaux's lory ? Australia? Invalid? Access
             
Vini cf. kuhlii 'Bora Bora' - - 1822-1825? Bora Bora Island, French Polynesia Extinct Access
             
Vini sinotoi Steadman & Zarriello, 1987 Sinoto's lorikeet Holocene Marquesas Islands & Huahine Extinct Access
             
Vini vidivici Steadman & Zarriello, 1987 Conquered lorikeet Holocene Marquesas Islands Extinct Access
             
LORIINI sp. nov. 'Guam' - - ? Guam Extinct Access
             
"Le Perroquet Lori a queue bleue" - Blue-tailed lory 1801-05 or earlier

Borneo?

Hypothetical Access

 

 

Family: Psittrichasiidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Superfamily: Strigopoidea (New Zealand Parrots)

 

Family: Nestoridae (Keas and Kakas)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Nestor chathamensis Wood et al. 2014 Chatham Islands kaka Holocene Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Nestor esslingii Souancé, 1856 Prince of Essling's parrot, Masséna's kaka, Essling's brown parrot 1850's New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Nestor norfolcensis

Pelzeln, 1860   ? Norfolk Island, Australia Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Nestor productus (Gould, 1836) Norfolk Island kaka, Norfolk Island parrot, Wilson's parrakeet 1850's (1851 or later) Norfolk Island & Phillip Island, Australia Extinct Access
             
Nestor sp. nov. 'small form' - - subfossil Pyramid Valley, South Island, New Zealand Invalid? Access

 

 

Family: Strigopidae (Kakapo)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Strigops habroptila Gray, 1845 Kakapo - New Zealand Rediscovered Access

 

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