Pezoporus formosus = Pezoporus wallicus (ground parrot)

Query: Black & yellow warbler

Result: 8410^th of 11204

Subject:	Pezoporus formosus = Pezoporus wallicus (ground parrot)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

Pezoporus formosus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ18500027.Pezoporus wallicus (ground parrot).jpg

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Pezoporus formosus = Pezoporus wallicus (ground parrot)

Pezoporus formosus
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Pezoporus formosus
New Latin name Pezoporus wallicus
Common name Nederlands: Oostelijke grondpapegaai
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SLNSW_823101_f50_Ground_Parrot_Pezoporus_wallicus.jpg

The ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) is native to Australia. It is one of only five ground-dwelling parrots in the world. The bird is generally green in color with black and yellow markings, and has a narrow orange-red band on its forehead. It is about 30 cm long and has a greyish-brown bill, cere, and feet. The IOC World Bird List currently recognises three subspecies; the eastern ground parrot (subsp. wallicus), the western ground parrot or Kyloring (subsp. flaviventris) and the Tasmanian ground parrot. (subsp. leachi).

Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Pezoporus
Species: Pezoporus wallicus (Kerr, 1792)

Black & yellow warbler
8410/11204

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