Red-rumped parrot | |
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Male in New South Wales, Australia | |
Female in New South Wales, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Tribe: | Platycercini |
Genus: | Psephotus Gould, 1845 |
Species: | P. haematonotus
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Binomial name | |
Psephotus haematonotus (Gould, 1838)
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Subspecies | |
P. h. caeruleus |
The red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus), also known as the red-backed parrot or grass parrot, is a common bird of south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin.