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Painted Tiger Parrot
Psittacella picta Rothschild, 1896
Psittaculidae — Old World Parrots
Painted Tiger Parrot, Psittacella picta, is a parrot of montane western to south-eastern New Guinea in Australasia, including Papua New Guinea. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae and was described by Rothschild in 1896. It is found in the Bismarck Range and Owen Stanley Range across several provinces, and in montane and subalpine forest and shrub at 2,400–4,000 m. Its plumage includes green wings and tail, a red cap and rump, a yellow eye, and tiger stripes on the back and belly.
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae — Old World Parrots
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane wc to se New Guinea
