Parkit echo

Parkit echo atau parkit Mauritius (Psittacula eques), adalah sebuah bayan endemik dari Mauritius di selatan Samudra Hindia. Ini adalah satu-satunya bayan yang masih ada dari Kepulauan Mascarene; spesies lainnya punah akibat kegiatan manusia.

Parkit echo
Psittacula eques
Status konservasi
Rentan
IUCN	22685448
Taksonomi
Kelas	Aves
Ordo	Psittaciformes
Superfamili	Psittacoidea
Famili	Psittaculidae
Genus	Psittacula
Spesies	Psittacula eques Boddaert, 1783
Tata nama
Sinonim takson	Psittacus eques Boddaert, 1783 Psittica torquata Latham, 1822 Psittacula echo Newton & Newton, 1876
Subspesies
P. e. eques (Boddaert, 1783) P. e. echo (Newton & Newton, 1876)
Distribusi
Endemik	Réunion

Referensi

• BirdLife International (2007a): [ 2006-2007 Red List status changes ]. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
• BirdLife International (2007b): Mauritius Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet Diarsipkan 2004-09-28 di Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 2007-AUG-28.
• Groombridge, Jim J.; Jones, Carl G.; Nichols, Richard A.; Carlton, Mark & Bruford, Michael W. (2004): Molecular phylogeny and morphological change in the Psittacula parakeets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(1): 96-108.DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.07.008 (HTML abstract)
• Hume, Julian Pender (2007): Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology, morphology, and affinities. Zootaxa 1513: 1–76 PDF abstract.
• Juniper, Tony & Parr, Mike (1998): Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World. Christopher Helm, London.ISBN 1-873403-40-2