LittleGreenDarcyAviary, Species Information: Psephotus

Species Information: Psephotus

Family: Psittacidae

Genus: Psephotus

Species: *Psephotus chrysopterygius*
2 subspecies:

Golden-shouldered Parakeet	Hooded Parakeet
Golden-shouldered Parrot	Hooded Parrot
Nominate race Psephotus chrysopterygius chrysopterygius	*Psephotus chrysopterygius dissimilis*
crown & nape black, but forrehead & lores lemon-yellow, becoming yellowish-green-blue on upper cheeks lower cheeks, throat, breast, sides of body, rump & upper tail-coverts turquoise hindneck brownish-black with blue edging back, lower back & lesser wing-coverts greyish-brown abdomen, under tail-coverts & thighs orange-red with white base & edging median wing-coverts yellow beak grey-horn colour 10" S. & central Cape York Peninsular, N.Queensland	black crown extends to upper mandible & over eyes nape & back dark brownish-grey lesser & median wing-coverts golden yellow sides of nape & upper breast deeper turquoise lower breast, abdomen & thighs turquoise beak bluish-grey *larger than chrysoptergius* - 11" NE. of Northern Territory from McArthur River to Arnhem Land Plateau**

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Species: *Psephotus haematonotus*
2 subspecies:

Red-rumped Parakeet	Paler Red-rumped Parakeet
Red-rump Parakeet Red-rumped Parrot Red-rump Parrot
Nominate race Psephotus haematonotus haematonotus	*Psephotus haematonotus caeruleus*
green plumage back & nape dull bluish-green middle tail-feathers bronze-green with bluish-black tips 10.5" SE.Australia, except Cooper's Creek area, NE.S.Australia & SW.Queensland	plumage much paler & more bluish back & nape pale greenish-blue lower back pale orange-red middle tail-feathers have marked pale blue tinge *slightly smaller than haematonotus* - 10" Cooper's Creek, NE. S.Australia & SW. Queensland**

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Species: *Psephotus* *pulcherrimus*

Paradise Parrot
	Paradise Parakeet Beautiful Parakeet
*EXTINCT (1927)*

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Species: *Psephotus varius*

Many-coloured Parakeet
	Many-coloured Parrot Mulga Parakeet Mulga Parrot