AussieBird
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Was actually hard to figure out where to post this, if needed do move to wherever!
I often get random question I really want to know the answer to, so here's today's.
I read somewhere recently that someone said White winged parakeets and Canary Winged parakeets are just subspecies of Brotogeris.
From my basic understanding of animal taxonomy, this isn't correct They're two species.
B. chiriri (CWP)
B. versicolurus (WWP)
I've been thinking it's like saying IRN and Slaty heads are just "subspecies" of the Psittacula. That's just the Genus not species.
So am I correct in thinking they're two different species or are they really subspecies??
I often get random question I really want to know the answer to, so here's today's.
I read somewhere recently that someone said White winged parakeets and Canary Winged parakeets are just subspecies of Brotogeris.
From my basic understanding of animal taxonomy, this isn't correct They're two species.
B. chiriri (CWP)
B. versicolurus (WWP)
I've been thinking it's like saying IRN and Slaty heads are just "subspecies" of the Psittacula. That's just the Genus not species.
So am I correct in thinking they're two different species or are they really subspecies??