Aprosmictus

Aprosmictus is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae native to Oceania.^[1] Several former members, including the Australian king parrot, are now placed in the genus Alisterus.

Aprosmictus
Red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Tribe:	Polytelini
Genus:	Aprosmictus Gould, 1842
Type species
Psittacus erythropterus (red-winged parrot) Gmelin, 1788
Species
2, see text

Taxonomy

The genus Aprosmictus was introduced in 1842 by the English ornithologist John Gould.^[2][3] The type species was designated as the red-winged parrot by George Gray in 1846.^[4] The name is from the Ancient Greek απροσμικτος/aprosmiktos which means "unsociable" or "solitary".^[5]

The genus contains two species:^[1]

Genus Aprosmictus – Gould, 1842 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Jonquil parrot	Aprosmictus jonquillaceus (Vieillot, 1818) Two subspecies A. j. jonquillaceus A. j. wetterensis (Salvadori, AT 1891)	Indonesian islands of Roti, Timor, and Weta	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Red-winged parrot	Aprosmictus erythropterus (Gmelin, 1788) Two subspecies A. e. coccineopterus (Gould, 1865) A. e. erythropterus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)	Southern Australia ( Pilbara, Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland)	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC