Blue-backed Parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus)

Other Names (World)
Blue-backed Parrot, Muller's Parrot, Azure-rumped Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
35 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Raffles, 1822)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest, subtropical and tropical swamp, moist savanna. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Philippines (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Blue-backed Parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus) [XC820636]
by Mike Catsis from Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Indonesia (call)

Blue-backed Parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus) [XC151812]
by Frank Lambert from Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia (call, song)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies mulleri is synonym of nominate, and indeed species formerly listed as Tanygnathus mulleri. Birds of Banggai have been awarded subspecies incognitus, based on supposedly different iris colour, but data come from unreliable labels. "Tanygnathus heterurus" (Rufous-tailed/Salvadori's Parrot) probably described from an aberrant specimen of present species.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

duponti Parkes, 1971 - Luzon (northern Philippines).
freeri McGregor, 1910 - Polillo (northern Philippines).
everetti Tweeddale, 1877 - Visayan Is and Mindanao (central-eastern and south-eastern Philippines).
burbidgii Sharpe, 1879 - Sulu Is (south-central Philippines).
sangirensis A. B. Meyer and Wiglesworth, 1894 - Sangihe and Talaud Is.
sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) - Sulawesi and adjacent islands east to Sula and Banggai Is, Muna and Butung.

References
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Files:

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