Vasa Parrots
Coracopsis
The name vasa parrot is also used for the greater vasa parrot.
The vasa parrots that form the genus Coracopsis are four species of parrot in the parrot family Psittrichasiidae that are endemic to Madagascar and other islands in the western Indian Ocean. Some taxonomists formerly placed the species in the genus in Mascarinus, but this is now thought to be based on the results of a heavily flawed, later-debunked genetic study.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Greater Vasa Parrot
speciesCoracopsis vasa
Lesser Vasa Parrot
speciesCoracopsis nigra
Seychelles Parrot
speciesCoracopsis barklyi
Comoro Black Parrot
speciesCoracopsis sibilans
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 19270.