Blue-rumped Parrot

Order - Psittaciformes
Family - Psittacidae (Parrots)

Blue-rumped Parrot

Psittinus cyanurus

蓝腰短尾鹦鹉 (lán-yāo duǎn-wěi yīngwǔ) / 
蓝腰鹦鹉 (lán-yāo yīngwǔ)

    Malay : Nuri Puling Biasa

    Japanese : ルリゴシインコ (ruri-goshi inko)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 琉璃腰鸚哥 / 瑠璃腰鸚哥

                    

Taxonomy for update 2023
Simeulue Parrot (Psittinus abbotti) is split from Blue-rumped Parrot
(Psittinus cyanurus). A highly range-restricted taxon, from islands
known for their endemism off the west coast of Sumatra, is split
from the widespread Blue-rumped Parrot.

    -  Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)

       RANGE: S Thailand to s Myanmar, Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo

    -  Simeulue Parrot (Psittinus abbotti)

       RANGE: Simeulue and Siumat islands (off w coast of Sumatra)

    Size : 18–19.5 cm

    

    Subspecies (2) and Distribution

• Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus (Forster, JR 1795)
  – S Thailand to s Myanmar, Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo.
• Psittinus cyanurus pontius (Oberholser, HC 1912)
  – Mentawi Is. (Siberut, Sipura, North Pagai and South Pagai).

Psittinus cyanurus ssp. cyanurus
Date : 25 December 2018

Location : Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam (TBNSA), Shah Alam, Daerah Petaling, Selangor

Psittinus cyanurus ssp. cyanurus
Date : 25 December 2018

Location : Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam (TBNSA), Shah Alam, Daerah Petaling, Selangor

Psittinus cyanurus ssp. cyanurus
Date : 25 December 2018

Location : Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam (TBNSA), Shah Alam, Daerah Petaling, Selangor

Psittinus cyanurus ssp. cyanurus
Date : 25 December 2018

Location : Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam (TBNSA), Shah Alam, Daerah Petaling, Selangor