Necropsittacus rodricanus Milne-Edwards 1867 (Rodrigues parrot)

Aves - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae

Alternative combination: Psittacus rodricanus

Full reference: A. Milne-Edwards. 1867. Une psittacien fossile de l'Île Rodrigue. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Cinquième Série, Zoolologie et Paléontologie 8:145-156

Belongs to Necropsittacus according to J. P. Hume 2007

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Günther and Newton 1879, Lambrecht 1933, Milne-Edwards 1867 and Milne-Edwards 1874

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Plaine Corail, Rodrigues (Jenner collection), which is in a Holocene cave siltstone in Mauritius

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mauritius (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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