Polytelis alexandrae

Gould, 1863 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Psittaciformes/Psittacidae/Polytelis

At a glance

Occurrence records615

Data sources9

Biological traits28

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections3

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Polytelis alexandrae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility615 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 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.

NarrativeADW · Wikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF615 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

The colourful princess parrot (Polytelis alexandrae) is an Australian bird of the parrot family. Its name was given in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who in 1863 married the Prince of Wales Edward VII and eventually became Queen of the United Kingdom. Other names for the species include: Queen Alexandra parrot (or parakeet), Alexandra's parakeet, Princess of Wales parakeet, rose-throated parakeet, and spinifex parrot. Their plumage is mostly green with a pink throat, bluish crown and rump, and bright green shoulders.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAnAgeAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology14

Beak depth16.1 mm

Beak length (culmen)20.5 mm

Beak length (nares)15.6 mm

Beak width11.1 mm

Body mass104 g

Body mass (female)112 g

Body mass (male)96 g

Hand-wing index54.6

Kipp's distance99.3 mm

SVL46 cm

Secondary length82.4 mm

Tail length259 mm

Tarsus length19.6 mm

Wing length184 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass7.75 g

Litter size4.9

Max. longevity287 months

Diet & foraging7

Canopy20 %

Midhigh40 %

Plant other30 %

Seed70 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheGranivore

Understory40 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatDesert

Migration2.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size1 234 653 km²

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Polytelis alexandrae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

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 type615 records

Wild obs. + sensor550

Museum / vouchered63

Other2

Origin

Native14

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 352 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 accuracy12% within 1 km

≤100 m 14≤1 km 33≤10 km 322>10 km 22

391 georeferenced · 159 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor550

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 55>10 km 2

57 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence63

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 institutions4 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	14
Sydney, AU	12
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	12
Museums Victorialocation not on record	8
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	6
EL PASO, US	2
Australian National Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	2
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	1
Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record	1
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 63 of 63 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Polytelis alexandrae 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

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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