Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques)

Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques)

Description
Perruche a Collier de l'Isle de Bourbon (Psittacula eques eques), Perruche de Cayenne From Mathurin Jacques Brisson's "Ornithologia," 1760. By François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800).
Date 1760
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Author François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Nicolas_Martinet
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R%C3%A9union_Parakeet.jpg

The Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques) was a little-known parakeet, extinct from about 1770, which formerly inhabited Réunion Island in the western Indian Ocean. It was similar to the echo parakeet of Mauritius. The two may either be distinct subspecies of the same species or the same taxon.
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Psittaculinae
Tribe: Psittaculini
Genus: Psittacula
Species: Psittacula eques (Boddaert, 1783)
Species: Psittacula eques eques (Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms:
Psittacus eques (Boddaert, 1783)
Psittica torquata (Latham, 1822)


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Description		Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques) Description Perruche a Collier de l'Isle de Bourbon (Psittacula eques eques), Perruche de Cayenne From Mathurin Jacques Brisson's "Ornithologia," 1760. By François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800). Date 1760 Source http://extinct-website.com/extinct-website/product_info.php?products_id=664 Author François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Nicolas_Martinet Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R%C3%A9union_Parakeet.jpg The Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques) was a little-known parakeet, extinct from about 1770, which formerly inhabited Réunion Island in the western Indian Ocean. It was similar to the echo parakeet of Mauritius. The two may either be distinct subspecies of the same species or the same taxon. Order: Psittaciformes Superfamily: Psittacoidea Family: Psittaculidae Subfamily: Psittaculinae Tribe: Psittaculini Genus: Psittacula Species: Psittacula eques (Boddaert, 1783) Species: Psittacula eques eques (Boddaert, 1783) Synonyms: Psittacus eques (Boddaert, 1783) Psittica torquata (Latham, 1822)

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