Pezoporus formosus = Pezoporus wallicus (ground parrot) Pezoporus formosus
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Pezoporus formosus
New Latin name Pezoporus wallicus
Common name Nederlands: Oostelijke grondpapegaai
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The ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) is native to Australia. It is one of only five ground-dwelling parrots in the world. The bird is generally green in color with black and yellow markings, and has a narrow orange-red band on its forehead. It is about 30 cm long and has a greyish-brown bill, cere, and feet. The IOC World Bird List currently recognises three subspecies; the eastern ground parrot (subsp. wallicus), the western ground parrot or Kyloring (subsp. flaviventris) and the Tasmanian ground parrot. (subsp. leachi).
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Pezoporus
Species: Pezoporus wallicus (Kerr, 1792)
