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Northiella
The term bluebonnet refers to the two species of Australian parrots in the genus ''Northiella''. The genus name honours Australian ornithologist Alfred John North Alfred John North (11 June 1855 – 6 May 1917) was an Australian ornithologist. North was born in Melbourne and was educated at Melbourne Grammar School. He was appointed to the Australian Museum, Sydney in 1886 and was given a permanent positi .... Species The genus includes the following two species:Gill F. and Donsker D. (eds)Family Psittaculidae in IOC World Bird Names (ver 6.2), International Ornithologists’ Union, 2016. URL Retrieved 9 June 2016. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10801705 Broad-tailed parrots Taxa named by Gregory Mathews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Bluebonnet
The eastern bluebonnet (''Northiella haematogaster''), also known as the greater bluebonnet, is an Australian parrot, one of two species in the genus '' Northiella''.Sindel, S. and Gill, J. (1996). ''Australian Grass Parakeets: The Psephotus and Northiella Genera''. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited, Chipping Norton. It was originally included in the genus '' Psephotus'' but due to distinctive physical and behavioural differences was reclassified into its own genus in 1994 by ornithologists and taxonomists Christidis and Boles. The bluebonnet is a medium-sized inland parrot commonly found in the interior of southeastern and central-southern Australia. It is adapted to life in semi-arid regions but can also flourish in regions of medium rainfall towards the eastern and southern extremities of its range.Forshaw, J. M. (2011). ''Parrots of the World''. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. Taxonomy Once included in the genus ''Psephotus'' the eastern bluebonnet has been placed in its own g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naretha Bluebonnet
The Naretha bluebonnet (''Northiella narethae'') or Naretha parrot is a bird found in a remote and arid region of Australia. It is one of two species in the genus '' Northiella'', and was first recorded in 1921 in Central Australia. History It was first described by Henry Luke White in 1921 as ''Psephotus narethae''. An associate of White's, the field worker F. Lawson Whitlock, had come across a railway official on the Trans-Australian Railway with a pet parrot that had been caught at Naretha, which corresponded with no known species. Later, White was heading to Western Australia on business and stopped in Zanthus to talk to the official and obtained three skins which he conveyed to the museum in Melbourne. The bluebonnet species was included for some time in the '' Psephotus'' genus with the Naretha, despite the very pronounced physical and behavioural differences to other birds in this genus. One of the biggest differences being that unlike the obvious sexual dimorphism of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Mathews
Gregory Macalister Mathews Order of the British Empire, CBE FRSE FZS FLS (10 September 1876 – 27 March 1949) was an Australian-born amateur ornithologist who spent most of his later life in England. Life He was born in Biamble, New South Wales, Biamble in New South Wales the son of Robert H. Mathews. He was educated at The King's School, Parramatta. Mathews made his fortune in mining shares, and moved to England in 1902. In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were William Eagle Clarke, Ramsay Heatley Traquair, John Alexander Harvie-Brown and William Evans (naturalist), William Evans. Ornithology Mathews was a controversial figure in Australian ornithology. He was responsible for bringing trinomial nomenclature into local taxonomy, however he was regarded as an extreme splitter. He recognised large numbers of subspecies on scant evidence and few notes. The extinct Lord Howe Pigeon was described by Mathews in 1915, using a painting as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred John North
Alfred John North (11 June 1855 – 6 May 1917) was an Australian ornithologist. North was born in Melbourne and was educated at Melbourne Grammar School. He was appointed to the Australian Museum, Sydney in 1886 and was given a permanent position there five years later. He wrote a ''List of the Insectivorous Birds of New South Wales'' (1897) and a ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania'' (1889) with George Barnard as co-author. He described a number of birds for the first time, many in the ''Victorian Naturalist'', the magazine of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria of which he was a founding member. ReferencesNorth, Alfred John (1855 - 1917)at Bright Sparcs, University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
