''Aprosmictus'' is a genus of

parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoid ...

s in the family

Psittaculidae Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of five subfamilies: Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae. This family has been accepted into ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World' ...

. Several former members, including the

Australian king parrot The Australian king parrot (''Alisterus scapularis'') is a species of parrot endemic to eastern Australia ranging from Cooktown in Queensland to Port Campbell in Victoria. Found in humid and heavily forested upland regions of the eastern portion ...

, are now placed in the genus '' Alisterus''.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Aprosmictus'' was introduced in 1842 by the English ornithologist

John Gould John Gould (; 14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, ...

. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

was designated as the

red-winged parrot The red-winged parrot (''Aprosmictus erythropterus'') is a parrot native to Australia and New Guinea. It is found in grasslands, savannah, farmland, and woodland. Taxonomy The red-winged parrot was formally described in 1788 by the German natur ...

by George Gray in 1846. The name is from the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

απροσμικτος/''aprosmiktos'' which means "unsociable" or "solitary". The genus contains two species: *

Jonquil parrot The jonquil parrot or olive-shouldered parrot (''Aprosmictus jonquillaceus'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in forest, woodland and acacia savanna on the islands of Roti, Timor and Wetar. It is fairly common, but ...

(''Aprosmictus jonquillaceus'') *

Red-winged parrot The red-winged parrot (''Aprosmictus erythropterus'') is a parrot native to Australia and New Guinea. It is found in grasslands, savannah, farmland, and woodland. Taxonomy The red-winged parrot was formally described in 1788 by the German natur ...

(''Aprosmictus erythropterus'')

References

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