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The Papuan king parrot (''Alisterus chloropterus''), also known as the green-winged king parrot, is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. ==Taxonomy== First described by Australian ornithologist Edward Pierson Ramsay in 1879,〔 the Papuan king parrot is one of three species known as king parrots found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and West Papua/Indonesia.〔 〕 Three subspecies are recognized:〔(【引用サイトリンク】Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.024) )〕 *''A. chloropterus'' (Ramsay, EP 1879) * *''A. c. callopterus'' (Albertis & Salvadori 1879) is found in the Central Highlands west to the Weyland Mountains, the Sepik River area and upper Fly River. * *''A. c. chloropterus'' (Ramsay, EP 1879), the nominate subspecies, occurs in eastern New Guinea to the Huon Peninsula in the north, and Hall Sound in the south. * *''A. c. moszkowskii'' (Reichenow 1911) is found in the north of the island, from Cenderawasih Bay east to the Aitape region. 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「Papuan king parrot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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