Polytelis swainsonii

(Desmarest, 1826) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Psittaciformes/Psittacidae/Polytelis

At a glance

Occurrence records38 312

Data sources9

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility38 312 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~1.80 Gbp↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF38 312 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT1.8 Gbp

01Narrative

Restored habitat for the Superb parrot on an abandoned railway line The superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii), also known as Barraband's parrot, Barraband's parakeet, or green leek parrot, is a parrot native to south-eastern Australia. It is a dimorphic species and one of three species in the genus Polytelis. The superb parrot is mostly bright green with darker flight feathers and is about 40 cm long with a long pointed tail. Adult males have continuous yellow foreheads and throats, with a red horizontal band across the border of the throat.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAnAgeAVONET

Size & morphology14

Beak depth16.4 mm

Beak length (culmen)20.6 mm

Beak length (nares)15.4 mm

Beak width11.1 mm

Body mass153 g

Body mass (female)154 g

Body mass (male)153 g

Hand-wing index51.6

Kipp's distance95 mm

SVL39 cm

Secondary length89.2 mm

Tail length212 mm

Tarsus length18.3 mm

Wing length184 mm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Age at sexual maturity363 days

Egg mass8.1 g

Fledging age37.5 days

Incubation20 days

Litter size5

Max. longevity181 months

⚠ sources differ — AnAge: 181 months · AmnioteDB: 290 months

Diet & foraging7

Fruit30 %

Midhigh50 %

Plant other20 %

Seed50 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory50 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration2.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size81 178 km²

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 swainsonii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Polytelis swainsonii carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size1 799 520 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Polytelis swainsonii1.8 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type38 312 records

Wild obs. + sensor38 036

Museum / vouchered274

Other2

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO23 124 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 accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 48≤1 km 21 779≤10 km 292>10 km 789

22 908 georeferenced · 15 128 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor38 036

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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 247≤10 km 9>10 km 6

264 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence274

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 institutions10 of 17 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Australian National Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	134
Museums Victorialocation not on record	76
Sydney, AU	19
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	9
Chicago, US	7
München, DE	6
Natick, US	5
Ann Arbor, US	4
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	3
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	2
Cambridge, US	2
Toronto, CA	2
Wuzhou, CN	1
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	1
Iowa City, US	1
QVMAGlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1

17 institutions · 274 of 274 vouchered records shown

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Polytelis swainsonii

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology14

Life cycle & reproduction6

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Record type38 312 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions10 of 17 geolocated

Record type38 312 records