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    Psittacus is a genus of African grey parrots in the subfamily Psittacinae. It contains two species: the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) and the Timneh...
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    He placed it with all other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus erithacus. Linnaeus erroneously specified the type...
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    animals (large Austromegabalanus psittacus are apparently safe). Chan, Benny K.K. (2012). "Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1788)". WoRMS. World Register...
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  • Eupyra psittacus is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Savela, Markku (October...
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    Swain designated S. psittacus as the type species of the genus Scarus. Research has found that across its wide distribution S. psittacus has a five genetically...
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    classified as a subspecies of the grey parrot Psittacus erithacus timneh, it is now considered a full species Psittacus timneh. In aviculture, it is often referred...
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    Colomesus psittacus, the Banded puffer, parrot puffer or South American estuarine puffer, is a species of pufferfish found all along the Western Atlantic...
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    Originally described by Scottish writer and naturalist Robert Kerr in 1793 as Psittacus hollandicus, the cockatiel (or cockateel) was moved to its own genus,...
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    Naturae. He placed it with the parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus elegans. This Latin name had been used in 1605 by the...
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    Alexandrine parakeet in 1766 as Psittacus eupatria. The genus name Psittacula is a diminutive of the Latin word psittacus meaning "parrot", and the specific...
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    Chromacris psittacus is a species of grasshopper from the genus Chromacris. Nymphs are red and black in coloration, and often remain in groups, both traits...
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    Neotropical parrots in family Psittacidae of true parrots. The binomial Psittacus carolinensis was assigned by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in the 10th...
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    Poicephalus are usually green birds with different colored heads; the larger Psittacus are light grey with red tails. African parrots (at least the grey parrot)...
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    ulietanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) Synonyms Psittacus ulietanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 Platycercus tannaensis Finsch, 1868 Psittacus fuscatus von Pelzeln, 1873...
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    genus Psittacus, but it has since been moved to the widely accepted Aratinga, which contains a number of similar New World species, while Psittacus is now...
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    belonging to a large parrot species, to which he gave the binomial name Psittacus mauritianus. This holotype specimen is now lost. The common name "broad-billed...
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    He placed it with the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus guarouba. Formerly classified as Aratinga guarouba...
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  • N'kisi is a grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) thought to exhibit advanced English talking skills and other abilities. According to news reports and websites...
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    the jandaya parakeet with a short description, coined the binomial name Psittacus jandaya and cited earlier publications. The jandaya parakeet is now placed...
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    placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus ararauna. This macaw is now one of the eight extant...
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    but in 1783, Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Psittacus monachus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. As Buffon did not...
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    White described the swift parrot in 1790 as the red-shouldered paroquet (Psittacus discolor). It was placed in the genus Lathamus by René Primevère Lesson...
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    German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin coined the scientific name Psittacus violaceus for the bird in his 1789 edition of Systema Naturae, based on...
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     zealandicus Binomial name †Cyanoramphus zealandicus (Latham, 1790) Synonyms Psittacus zealandicus Latham, 1790 Cyanoramphus erythronotus Kuhl, 1820 Platycercus...
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    cichlid in the tribe Heroini. It contains the single species Hoplarchus psittacus, which is endemic to the blackwater rivers in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela...
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    first described by the German naturalist Martin Lichtenstein in 1816 as Psittacus scapularis. The species belongs to the genus Alisterus, whose three members...
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    placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus severus. This macaw is now one of the eight extant...
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    1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Psittacus macao. The scarlet macaw is now placed in the genus Ara (Lacépède, 1799)...
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    Female Scarus psittacus (= initial phase)...
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    in captivity. The species was described in 1820 by Heinrich Kuhl, as Psittacus spurius, from an immature specimen collected at Albany, Western Australia...
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