Alisterus amboinensis

(Linnaeus, 1766) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Psittaciformes/Psittacidae/Alisterus

At a glance

Occurrence records38

Data sources8

Biological traits24

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Alisterus amboinensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility38 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF38 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

The Moluccan king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) is a parrot endemic to Peleng Island, Maluku, and West Papua in Indonesia. It is sometimes referred to as the Ambon king parrot or Amboina king parrot,Moluccan King-Parrot. Mangoverde. Accessed 19-06-2009 but this is potentially misleading, as it is found on numerous other islands than Ambon. The male and female are similar in appearance, with a predominantly red head and underparts, green wings (blue in one subspecies), and blue back and tail. Six subspecies are recognised, but only a few of these are regular in aviculture. In the wild, it inhabits rainforests and feeds on fruits, berries, seeds and buds.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAmnioteDBAVONET

Size & morphology11

Beak depth22 mm

Beak length (culmen)28.6 mm

Beak length (nares)21.8 mm

Beak width14.1 mm

Body mass154 g

Hand-wing index39.7

Kipp's distance81.2 mm

Secondary length124 mm

Tail length228 mm

Tarsus length22.4 mm

Wing length205 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size2

Diet & foraging8

Canopy20 %

Fruit40 %

Midhigh40 %

Plant other30 %

Seed30 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheFrugivore

Understory40 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size148 980 km²

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Alisterus amboinensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections3

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-3P★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type38 records

Wild obs. + sensor31

Museum / vouchered7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO144 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy16% within 1 km

≤100 m 5>10 km 26

31 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor31

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 2>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Seattle, US	4
Ann Arbor, US	1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	1
Chicago, US	1

4 institutions · 7 of 7 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Alisterus amboinensis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.9 °C 25.9–25.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter0.5 °C

Max temp (day)29.8 °C

Min temp (night)22.3 °C

Precipitation343 mm/mo

Air humidity69.6 %

Moisture balance205 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,012 Pa

Wind speed0.6 m/s

Cloud cover57.4 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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