NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black-fronted Parakeet
Cyanoramphus zealandicus (Latham, 1790)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The black-fronted parakeet or Tahiti parakeet (Cyanoramphus zealandicus) is an extinct species of parrot endemic to the Pacific island of Tahiti. Its native name was simply 'ā'ā ("parrot") according to Latham (1790) though White (1887) gives "aa-maha".
It was discovered on James Cook's first voyage in 1769, on which the two specimens now in Liverpool and the one in the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum in Tring appear to have been collected. Two of them - one of those in Liverpool and the Tring specimen - may also have been taken on Cook's second voyage, in 1773, but the type was painted by Sydney Parkinson who had died in 1771. Another specimen, collected by Amadis in 1842, is in the museum at Perpignan. The last known specimen was collected in 1844 by Lieutenant des Marolles, and is now housed in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.
Wikipedia contributors, Black-fronted parakeet; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:53:09.515879+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyanoramphus zealandicus (Latham, 1790)
- Name authority
- (Latham, 1790)
- Common name
- Black-fronted Parakeet
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Cyanoramphus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extinct
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPsittaciformes
- familyPsittaculidae
- genusCyanoramphus Bonaparte, 1854
- speciesCyanoramphus zealandicus (Latham, 1790)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyanoramphus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus auriceps (Kuhl, 1820) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malherbe's ParakeetCyanoramphus malherbi Souancé, 1857 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonian ParakeetCyanoramphus saisseti J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raiatea ParakeetCyanoramphus ulietanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Antipodes ParakeetCyanoramphus unicolor (Lear, 1831) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chatham Islands ParakeetCyanoramphus forbesi Rothschild, 1893 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macquarie ParakeetCyanoramphus erythrotis (Wagler, 1832) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Reischek's ParakeetCyanoramphus hochstetteri (Reischek, 1889) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lord Howe ParakeetCyanoramphus subflavescens Salvadori, 1891 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Norfolk Island ParakeetCyanoramphus cookii (G. R. Gray, 1859) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Psittacus zealandicus Latham, 1790 Latham, 1790 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554879 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32NXL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.