Don,
Both Clements and IOC treat it as Polytelis. Maybe I've missed a recent paper
on re-splitting the genus.
World Bird Info says:
POLYTELIS ALEXANDRAE
<Polyteles alexandrae
Gould,1863,Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological
Society of London,Pt.2,p.232. (Howell's Ponds,Central Australia.)
>Spathopterus North,1895,Ibis,p.339.Type,by original designation,S.alexandrae
>(Gould) = Polytelis alexandrae Gould,1863.
>Note:Spathopterus is available under ICZN Art.56(b).and contains only
>P.alexandrae.
|Northipsitta Mathews,1912,Austral Avian
Record,1,p.127.New name to replace Spathopterus North on grounds of
preoccupation by Spathoptera Audinet-Serville,1835 (Coleoptera).
$Polytelis alexandrae Gould,1865,Handbook to the birds of Australia,2,p.32.
$Platycercus alexandrae Finsch,1868,Die Papageien,monographisch
bearbeitet,2,p.261. (= P.alexandrae)
$Spathopterus alexandrae Mathews,1913,A List of the Birds of Australia,p.129.
(= P.alexandrae)
$Spathopterus alexandrae rogersi [as
alexandræ] Mathews,1916,Austral Avian Record,3,p.57. (Northwest
Australia). (= P.alexandrae)
$Northipsitta alexandrae [as alexandræ] Mathews,1927,Systema Avium
Australasianarum,1,p.330. (= P.alexandrae)
Cheers,
Nikolas
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
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From: Donald G. Kimball <>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:28 AM
Subject: Princess Parrot gets a new scientific name?
I was recently informed that Princess Parrot is to be given a new
scientific name. Changed from Polytelis alexandrae to *Spathopterus
alexandrae. *This of course would have it removed from being a close
relative to Superb and Regent Parrots. Can anyone tell me a bit more about
this please? Especially the decision to remove it from Polytelis.
*
*
*Thanks very much!*
*
*
*Don Kimball*
http://polytelismedia.wordpress.com/
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