Red-capped Parrot

Taxobox
name = Red-capped Parrot
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

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image_width = 220px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
subfamilia = Platycercinae
tribus = Platycercini
genus = " Purpureicephalus"
genus_authority = Bonaparte, 1854
species = "P. spurius"
binomial = "Purpureicephalus spurius"
binomial_authority = (Kuhl, 1820)

The Red-capped Parrot ("Purpureicephalus spurius"), also called the Pileated Parakeetcite book |first = David| last = Alderton | title = The ultimate encyclopedia of caged and aviary birds | isbn = 184309164X |pages= p. 187| publisher = Hermes House |location = London, England | year = 2003] (leading to easy confusion with the South American "Pionopsitta pileata"), and King Parrot locally in Western Australia,Fact|date=June 2008 is an Australian species of broad-tailed parrot related to the Rosellas.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern