African Grey Parrots
Psittacus
Psittacus (African grey parrots) is a genus of parrots in the subfamily Psittacinae. It contains two species, the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) and the Timneh parrot (Psittacus timneh).
For many years, the grey parrot and Timneh parrot were classified as subspecies; the former as the nominate, the latter as P. e. timneh. However, in 2012 the taxa were concluded to be separate species by BirdLife International on the basis of genetic, morphological, plumage and vocal differences; the IOC World Bird List adopted the split in 2014.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
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Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.597
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.711
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.712
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.96
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.50
Valeriano: Hieroglyphica (1575)
Pierio Valeriano · 1556 · p.341
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.708
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.712
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.704
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.696
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.695
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.690
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19268.