Song parrot

Song parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Psittaculinae
Tribe: Psittaculini
Genus: Geoffroyus
Species: G. heteroclitus
Binomial name
Geoffroyus heteroclitus
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

The song parrot (Geoffroyus heteroclitus) is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is found in the Bismarck Archipelago and on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, and in the Solomon Islands except Rennel. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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