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Australian King Parrot
Alisterus scapularis · Family Psittacidae
Alisterus scapularis
Family Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 430,068
- Countries and territories with records
- 14
About this species
This species has 430,068 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.39% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Alisterus scapularis combines the genus name Alisterus with the species epithet scapularis. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Alisterus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Alisterus chloropterus and Alisterus amboinensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 324 species of the family Psittacidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psittacula krameri. Its record count is 6.5 times the family average (66,299). The family Psittacidae belongs to the order Psittaciformes, which has 337 species in the Warbla app catalog.