Summary ²

The red-capped parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius), also called the pileated parakeet (leading to easy confusion with the South American Pionopsitta pileata), and king parrot locally in Western Australia, is an Australian species of broad-tailed parrot related to the rosellas.

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2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purpureicephalus_spurius

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• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

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