Live individual photographed by the entrance to its nest, Burnett River, Queensland, 1922
Conservation status
Extinct (1927) (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Psittaciformes
Family:
Psittaculidae
Genus:
Psephotellus
Species:
†P. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
†Psephotellus pulcherrimus
(Gould, 1845)
Synonyms
Psephotus pulcherrimus
The paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus) was a colourful medium-sized parrot native to the grassy woodlands extending across the Queensland and New South Wales border area of eastern Australia. Once moderately common within its fairly restricted range, the last live bird was seen in 1927. Extensive and sustained searches in the years since then have failed to produce any reliable evidence of it, and it is the only Australian parrot recorded as disappearing and presumed extinct.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Psephotellus pulcherrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22685156A93061054. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685156A93061054.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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