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Lord Howe Parakeet
Cyanoramphus subflavescens Salvadori, 1891
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 Lord Howe parakeet (Cyanoramphus subflavescens), also known as the Lord Howe red-fronted parakeet, is an extinct parrot endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, part of New South Wales, Australia. It was described as full species by Tommaso Salvadori in 1891, but subsequently it has been regarded as subspecies of the red-crowned parakeet. In 2012, the IOC World Bird List recognised it as species.
Wikipedia contributors, Lord Howe parakeet; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:13:02.852724+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyanoramphus subflavescens Salvadori, 1891
- Name authority
- Salvadori, 1891
- Common name
- Lord Howe 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 subflavescens Salvadori, 1891
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 |
| Norfolk Island ParakeetCyanoramphus cookii (G. R. Gray, 1859) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-fronted ParakeetCyanoramphus zealandicus (Latham, 1790) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens Salvadori, 1891 Salvadori, 1891 | 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=1222663 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:C3G2Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.