Geoffroyus
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Red-cheeked parrot in Papua New Guinea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Tribe: | Psittaculini |
Genus: | Geoffroyus Bonaparte, 1850 |
Geoffroyus is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. The three species are found in and around New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, northern Australia and the islands of Indonesia. It contains the following species:
- Red-cheeked parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)
- Blue-collared parrot (Geoffroyus simplex)
- Song parrot (Geoffroyus heteroclitus)
- Rennell parrot (Geoffroyus hyacinthinus)
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Possibly extinct variety, Geoffroyus aureus
Categories:
- Geoffroyus
- Bird genera
- Psittaculini
- Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
- Birds of Melanesia
- Parrot stubs