Painted tiger parrot

Painted tiger parrot

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Psittacoidea
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Psittacellinae
Genus:	Psittacella
Species:	P. picta
Binomial name
*Psittacella picta* Rothschild, 1896

The painted tiger parrot (Psittacella picta) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is mainly found in Papua New Guinea.

description

The painted tiger parrot has green wings and tail, red cap, yellow eye, red rump and tiger stripes on its back and belly.

v t e Tribus: Psittaculini
Genus	(extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)
Psittinus	Blue-rumped parrot
Psittacella	Brehm's tiger parrot Painted tiger parrot Modest tiger parrot Madarasz's tiger parrot
Geoffroyus	Red-cheeked parrot (or singing parrot) Blue-collared parrot Song parrot
Prioniturus	Montane racket-tail Mindanao racket-tail Blue-headed racket-tail Green racket-tail Blue-crowned racket-tail Mindoro racket-tail Blue-winged racket-tail (or Sulu racket-tail) Yellow-breasted racket-tail Golden-mantled racket-tail Buru racket-tail
Tanygnathus	Great-billed parrot Blue-naped parrot Blue-backed parrot Black-lored parrot
Eclectus	Moluccan eclectus Sumba eclectus Tanimbar eclectus Papuan eclectus Oceanic eclectus † ₴ (extinct or prehistoric)
Psittacula	Alexandrine parakeet (or Alexandrine parrot) Seychelles parakeet † Rose-ringed parakeet (or ringnecked parakeet) Echo parakeet Newton's parakeet † Slaty-headed parakeet Grey-headed parakeet Plum-headed parakeet Blossom-headed parakeet Lord Derby's parakeet Red-breasted parakeet Nicobar parakeet Long-tailed parakeet Mascarene grey parakeet †
incertae sedis (probably Psittaculini)	Broad-billed parrot † (genus: Lophopsittacus) Rodrigues parrot † (genus: Necropsittacus)

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