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Paradise parrot

Psephotellus pulcherrimus (Gould, 1845)

Status not recordedparrotsExtinct

The paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the paradise parrot

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
3
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the paradise parrot live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The paradise parrot is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the paradise parrot endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the paradise parrot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPsephotellus
  7. SpeciesPsephotellus pulcherrimus (Gould, 1845)

Synonyms Platycercus pulcherrimus, Psephotellus pulcherrimus dubius, Psephotus pulcherrimus

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Beautiful parakeetEnglish
  • Paradise parakeetEnglish
  • cotorra del paradísCatalan
  • rosela překrásnáCzech
  • parot paradwysWelsh
  • ParadisparakitDanish
  • ParadiessittichGerman
  • paradiza papagoEsperanto
  • Loro del ParaísoSpanish
  • hund-paradiisipapagoiEstonian
  • paratiisikaijaFinnish
  • Perruche de paradisFrench
  • rajska papigaCroatian
  • paradicsompapagájHungarian
  • Pappagallo del paradisoItalian
  • ゴクラクインコJapanese
  • rojinė plokščiauodegė papūgaLithuanian
  • ParadijsparkietDutch
  • paradisparakittNorwegian
  • świergotka rajskaPolish
  • periquito-do-paraísoPortuguese
  • Райский попугайчикRussian
  • speváčik rajskýSlovak
  • Rajski papagaj psefotus (izumro)Serbian
  • Cennet PapağanıTurkish
  • папужка червоноплечийUkrainian
  • 极乐鹦鹉Chinese
  • papoušek překrásnýCzech
  • ParadissangparakitDanish
  • Perico del paraísoSpanish
  • Platycerque de paradisFrench
  • paradicsomi mulgapapagájHungarian
  • Райский плоскохвостый попугайRussian
  • 天堂長尾鸚鵡Chinese
  • 樂園鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the paradise parrot

Other species in the same genus Psephotellus.

LC, Least Concern
Hooded parrot (Psephotellus dissimilis)

Hooded parrot

Psephotellus dissimilis

Psittaculidae

LC, Least Concern
Mulga parrot (Psephotellus varius)

Mulga parrot

Psephotellus varius

Psittaculidae

CompareParadise parrot vs Golden-shouldered parrotParadise parrot vs Hooded parrotParadise parrot vs Mulga parrot

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the paradise parrot live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the paradise parrot for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the paradise parrot?

The paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/paradise-parrot

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{paradise_parrot_2026,
  title = {Paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/paradise-parrot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}