Madarasz's tiger parrot

Madarasz's tiger parrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Psittacella
Species:
P. madaraszi
Binomial name
Psittacella madaraszi
Meyer, 1886

Madarasz's tiger parrot (Psittacella madaraszi) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae native to New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Hungarian ornithologist Gyula von Madarász.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Psittacella madaraszi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684940A93051763. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684940A93051763.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 218.