Paradise parrot
| Paradise parrot | |
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| Live individual photographed by the entrance to its nest, Burnett River, Queensland, 1922 | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Genus: | Psephotellus |
| Species: | †P. pulcherrimus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Psephotellus pulcherrimus (Gould, 1845)
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| Synonyms | |
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Psephotus pulcherrimus | |
The paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus) is an extinct species of colourful medium-sized parrot native to the grassy woodlands extending across the Queensland and New South Wales border area of eastern Australia. Once moderately common within its fairly restricted range, it became extinct in 1927.