Painted Tiger-Parrot Psittacella picta Scientific name definitions
Text last updated November 17, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | lloret tigre pintat |
| Czech | tygroušek malovaný |
| Dutch | Bruinkoptijgerparkiet |
| English | Painted Tiger-Parrot |
| English (United States) | Painted Tiger-Parrot |
| French | Perruche peinte |
| French (France) | Perruche peinte |
| German | Braunscheitelpapagei |
| Indonesian | Nuri-macan berbiru |
| Japanese | サイシキインコ |
| Norwegian | fjelltigerpapegøye |
| Polish | brązogłówka obrożna |
| Russian | Расписной попугай |
| Serbian | Šareni psitacela papagaj |
| Slovak | papagájček maľovaný |
| Spanish | Lorito Tigre Pintado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lorito tigre pintado |
| Swedish | mångfärgad tigerpapegoja |
| Turkish | Kaplan Papağanı |
| Ukrainian | Папужець-бронзоголов середній |
Psittacella picta Rothschild, 1896
Definitions
- PSITTACELLA
- picta
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Introduction
Taxonomic note: Lump. This account is a combination of multiple species accounts originally published in HBW Alive. That content has been combined and labeled here at the subspecies level. Moving forward we will create a more unified account for this parent taxon. Please consider contributing your expertise to update this account.
Field Identification
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
17–19 cm. Previously treated as conspecific with <em>P. picta</em> (see Taxonomy comments). Crown dull brown, with blue-green cheeks and breast , and has yellow or green rump (not red as in P. picta), while ventral underparts are more yellow-green. Female (which shares greenish face and has black and yellowish-green barring on rump and uppertail-coverts, like male) and immature otherwise presumably differ from adult male in same respects as do corresponding sexes and ages of P. picta.
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern)
17–19 cm; 48–68 g. Bill silver-grey, with even paler tip; entire crown rufous-brown, face greyish brown, with yellow collar over neck to sides of throat; throat and upper breast blue shading to green on belly; undertail-coverts red; mantle and back green barred black, shading to yellow barred black on rump; uppertail-coverts red; wings and tail green, duller below. Female has dull greenish-blue face surrounded with rufous-brown of crown extending on neck-sides to replace yellow collar; breast and upper belly barred yellow and black, and also more densely barred upperparts. Immature like female, but head all brown. Race <em>excelsa</em> has olive-brown crown.
Systematics History
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Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
Hitherto treated as conspecific with P. picta, but differs in its green vs brown chin, throat and face (below cap) (3); green vs red rump (3); reduced or non-existent blue on breast in male (1). Monotypic.Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern)
Hitherto treated as conspecific with P. lorentzi. Two subspecies recognized.Subspecies
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains) Psittacella picta lorentzi Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Psittacella picta lorentzi van Oort, 1910
Definitions
- PSITTACELLA
- picta
- lorentzi / lorentzii
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Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern) Psittacella picta picta/excelsa
Distribution
Psittacella picta excelsa Mayr & Gilliard, 1951
Definitions
- PSITTACELLA
- picta
- excelsa
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Distribution
Psittacella picta picta Rothschild, 1896
Definitions
- PSITTACELLA
- picta
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
WC New Guinea (Snow Mts).Habitat
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
Subalpine shrubbery and low montane forest, including second growth, preferably adjoining open grassland from which birds are sometimes flushed, from 2500 m to treeline (4000 m).Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern)
Subalpine shrubbery and low substage within montane forest, including second growth, preferably adjoining open grassland from which birds are sometimes flushed, from 2500 m to treeline (4000 m), rarely descending as low as 1370 m.Migration Overview
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
None known.Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern)
No information.Diet and Foraging
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
No specific data, though presumably similar to P. picta.Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern)
Seeds and small hard berries, fruits of Dacrydium conifers. Feeds in small trees and shrubs, sometimes in company with P. madaraszi.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
Generally rather quiet. Vocalizations reportedly most similar to those of P. brehmii (which is typically found at lower altitudes); most typical is a musical and slightly nasal “err-ee” in contact, which has been likened to call of one of the streaked honeyeaters (Ptiloprora).
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern)
Generally rather quiet. Vocalizations reportedly similar to those of P. brehmii (which is typically found at lower altitudes); most typical is a musical and slightly nasal “nhrr-a-rehn”, while a harsh but subdued “chee-zeeddd” or “tschi-ziddd” has also been reported.
Breeding
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
No information.Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern)
Breeding-condition birds in Jun and Aug, with juvenile collected in Oct.Conservation Status
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Snow Mountains)
Not globally threatened. CITES II. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Widespread but generally scarce, though locally common. World population of this species and P. picta combined has been estimated at 100,000 individuals.
Painted Tiger-Parrot (Eastern)
Not globally threatened. CITES II. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Widespread but generally scarce, though locally common. World population of this species and P. lorentzi combined has been estimated at 100,000 individuals.
