NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Blue-winged Parrot
Neophema chrysostoma (Kuhl, 1820)
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.
Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma), Mortimer Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The blue-winged parrot (Neophema chrysostoma), also known as the blue-banded parakeet or blue-banded grass-parakeet, is a small parrot found in Tasmania and southeast mainland Australia. It is partly migratory, with populations of blue-winged parrots travelling to Tasmania for the summer. The parrot is sexually dimorphic – the males have more blue on the wings and a two-toned blue frontal band on the head, while females are duller and have more green on the wings and a wingbar. Both sexes have predominantly olive-green plumage. Predominantly a feeder on the ground, the blue-winged parrot mainly eats seeds of grasses. It adapts readily to captivity.
Wikipedia contributors, Blue-winged parrot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:04:03.709565+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Neophema chrysostoma (Kuhl, 1820)
- Name authority
- (Kuhl, 1820)
- Common name
- Blue-winged Parrot
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Neophema
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
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
- genusNeophema Salvadori, 1891
- speciesNeophema chrysostoma (Kuhl, 1820)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Neophema. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Turquoise ParakeetNeophema pulchella (Shaw, 1792) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-bellied ParakeetNeophema chrysogaster (Latham, 1790) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant ParrotNeophema elegans (Gould, 1837) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock ParrotNeophema petrophila (Gould, 1841) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scarlet-chested ParakeetNeophema splendida (Gould, 1841) | 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 chrysostomus Kuhl, 1820 Kuhl, 1820 | 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=177589 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.
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:46Q3V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.