Species Aprosmictus erythropterus (Gmelin, 1788)
Red-winged Parrot
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North coastal and subcoastal Australia, west to Kimberley Division and Arnhem Land, WA/NT, south to northern fringes of Great Sandy Desert and Barkly Tableland—east to all Cape York Peninsula and E QLD patchily south to Moreton Bay-Brisbane River valley on eastern watershed of Great Dividing Range and to Gunnedah-far upper Hunter River-Dubbo district, NSW, on western watershed—inland through Gulf of Carpentaria, Diamantina, Cooper, and Darling River drainages to Selwyn Range and lower Diamantina River and Cooper Creek systems in SW QLD, occasionally reaching Goyder's Lagoon and Coongie Lakes (rarely the Lake Frome basin), SA, and the lower E Darling River drainage (Tullamore -Condobolin-Menindee), NSW—also continental islands off Kimberley Division, Melville Is.-Bathurst Is., Groote Eylandt, and Sir Edward Pellew Group. Erratic records around south and SE Australian cities are of aviary escapees.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, nomadic, open forest, resident, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Forshaw, J.M. 1978. Parrots of the World. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 616 pp. 158 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Frith, C.B. & Carline, F. 1974. Psittacidae. In, Hall, B.P. (ed.). Birds of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions 1962–70. A report on the collections made for the British Museum (Natural History). Results of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions. London : British Museum Vol. 33 xi 396 pp., 10 pls col. pl. map. (diet, seasonal cycles)
Hindwood, K.A. 1944. Notes on the type locality of the Red-winged Parrot. The Emu 44: 72-73 (discovery, type locality)
Mayr, E. & Rand, A.L. 1936. Neue Unterarten von Vögeln aus Neu-Guinea. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 21: 241-248 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls. (synonymy and specific limits)
Wolters, H.E. 1977. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey pp. Lief. 3, 161-240. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 06-Nov-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | 01-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |