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The Moluccan king parrot (''Alisterus amboinensis'') is a parrot endemic to Peleng Island, Maluku, and West Papua in Indonesia. It is sometimes referred to as the Ambon king parrot or Amboina king parrot,〔(Moluccan King-Parrot. ) Mangoverde. Accessed 19-06-2009〕 but this is potentially misleading, as it is found on numerous other islands than Ambon. The male and female are similar in appearance, with a predominantly red head and underparts, green wings (blue in one subspecies), and blue back and tail. Six subspecies are recognised, but only a few of these are regular in aviculture. In the wild, it inhabits rainforests and feeds on fruits, berries, seeds and buds. ==Taxonomy== Described by Linnaeus in 1766,〔 the Moluccan king parrot is one of three species collectively known as king parrots found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It has six subspecies:〔(【引用サイトリンク】Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.024) )〕 *''A. amboinensis'' (Linnaeus, 1766) * *''A. a. amboinensis'' (Linnaeus, 1766) is the nominate subspecies and found on Ambon and Seram. * *''A. a. buruensis'' (Salvadori, 1876) is found on Buru in central Maluku.〔 * *''Alisterus amboinensis dorsalis'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) is found in West Papua. The red plumage is slightly darker in this subspecies.〔 * *''A. a. hypophonius'' (S. Müller, 1843) has all blue wings and is endemic to Halmahera in northern Maluku.〔 * *''A. a. sulaensis'' (Reichenow, 1881) is found on the Sula Islands.〔 * *''A. a. versicolor'' Neumann, 1939 is endemic to the island of Peleng of the Banggai Islands.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moluccan king parrot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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