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Molecular Diagnostic Services Australia Wildlife Trade Operation Attachment 1 Source Common Name scientific name Notes Captive bred Amazon - Blue fronted Amazona aestiva Captive bred Bristlebird - Eastern Dasyornis brachypterus Captive bred Caique - Black headed Pionites melanocephalus Captive bred Caique - Whie bellied Pionites leucogaster Captive bred Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus Captive bred Cockatoo - Sulphur crested Cacatua galerita Excludes EPBC listed sub species Captive bred Cockatoo - Black Glossy Calyptorhynchus lathami Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus Captive bred Cockatoo - Galah Eolophus roseicapilla Captive bred Cockatoo - Gang Gang Callocephalon fimbriatum Captive bred Cockatoo - Major Mitchell Cacatua leadbeateri Captive bred Cockatoo - Umbrella Cacatua alba Conure - Black capped / Rock / Captive bred Sandia Pyrrhura rupicola Captive bred Conure - Golden Crown Aratinga aurea Conure - Green Cheeked / Captive bred Cinnamon / Lime / Yellowsided Pyrrhura molina Captive bred Conure - Jenday Arratinga solstitialis jandaya Captive bred Conure - Maroon Bellied Pyrrhura frontalis Captive bred Conure - Nanday Nandayus nenday Captive bred Conure - Pearly Pyrrhura lepida Captive bred Conure - Sun Aratinga solstitialis Captive bred Corella - Crimson winged Aprosmictus erythropterus Captive bred Corella - Little / Short-billed Cacatua sanguinea Corella - Long Billed / Muir / Captive bred Slender-billed Cacatua tenuirostris Captive bred Curlew - Bush Stone Burhinus grallarius Captive bred Dove - Rose Crowned Fruit Ptilinopus regina Captive bred Finch - Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata Captive bred Finch - Double Bar Taeniopygia bichenovii Captive bred Finch - Little Singing Poephila personata Captive bred Lorikeet - Blue Fronted also Buru Charmosyna toxopei Captive bred Lorikeet - Cardinal Chalcopsitta cardinalis Captive bred Lorikeet - Cinnamon Scaly Breasted Pseudeos fuscata Captive bred Lorikeet - Dusky Glossopsitta pusilla Captive bred Lorikeet - Edwards Trichoglossus haematodus capistratus Captive bred Lorikeet - Musk Glossopsitta concinna Captive bred Lorikeet - Olive headed Trichoglossus euteles Captive bred Lorikeet - Ornate Trichoglossus ornatus Captive bred Lorikeet - Purple Crown Glossopsitta porphyrocephala Captive bred Lorikeet - Rainbow Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus Captive bred Lorikeet - Red Collar Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Captive bred Lorikeet - Varied Psitteuteles versicolor Captive bred Lorikeet - Black Capped Lorius lory Captive bred Lory - Chattering Lorius garrulus Captive bred Love bird - (African) Fischer Agapornis fisheri Captive bred Love Bird - Black cheeked Agapornis nigrigenis Captive bred Love Bird - Black collared Agapornis swindernianus Captive bred Love bird - Masked Agapornis personatus Captive bred Lovebird - Nyasa Agapornis lilianae Captive bred Macaw - Blue and Gold Ara ararauna Captive bred Macaw - Green wing Ara chloropterus Captive bred Macaw - Hahns Diopsittaca nobilis Captive bred Macaw - Yellowed Collared Primolius auricollis Captive bred Parakeet - Alexandrine Psittacula eupatria eupatria Captive bred Parakeet - Budgergiar Melopsittacus undulatus Captive bred Parakeet - Cobalt blackmask lime Brotogeris cyanoptera Captive bred Parakeet - Derbyan Psittacula derbiana Captive bred Parakeet - Lineolated Bolborhynchus lineola Captive bred Parakeet - Malabar Psittacula columboides columboides Captive bred Parakeet - Orange Fronted Cyanoramphus malherbi Captive bred Parakeet - Plumhead Psittacula cyanocephala Captive bred Parakeet - Quaker Myiopsitta monachus Captive bred Parakeet - Red Rumped Psephotus haematonotus Captive bred Parakeet - Scarlet chested Neophema splendida Captive bred Parakeet - Slaty Headed Psittacula himalayana Captive bred Parakeet - Turqousine Neophema pulchella Captive bred Parrot - Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster Captive bred Parrot - Blue winged Neophema chrysostoma Captive bred Parrot - Bourke Neopsephotus bourkii Captive bred Parrot - Cape Poicephalus robustus Captive bred Parrot - Cloncurry (lorikeet) Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi Captive bred Parrot - Electus Eclectus roratus Captive bred Parrot - Fig Psittaculirostris desmarestii Captive bred Parrot - King Alisterus scapularis Captive bred Parrot - Meyers Poicephalus meyeri Captive bred Parrot - Mountain (Kea) Nestor notabilis Captive bred Parrot - Moustached Psittacula alexandri Captive bred Parrot - Pied Elegant Neophema elegans 2 Parrot - Port Lincoln, Ringneck Captive bred Mallie Barnardius zonarius Captive bred Parrot - Red bellied Poicephalus rufiventris Captive bred Parrot - Rock Neophema petrophila Captive bred Parrot - Senegal Poicephalus senegalus Captive bred Parrot - Twenty Eight (28) Barnardius zonarus semitorquatus Captive bred Penquin - Little / fairy Eudyptula minor Captive bred Pigeon - Bleeding Heart Gallicolumba luzonica Excludes EPBC listed sub species Captive bred Quail - Spotted quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta Captive bred Rosella - Adelaide Platycercus elegans adelaidae Captive bred Rosella - Crimson Platycercus elegans Captive bred Rosella - Eastern / Black split / Red Platycercus eximius Excludes EPBC listed sub species Captive bred Rosella - Green Platycercus caledonicus Platycercus caledonicus brownii Captive bred Rosella - Northern Platycercus venustus Captive bred Rosella - Pale Head Platycercus adscitus Captive bred Rosella - Western Platycercus icterotis Captive bred Rosella - Yellow Platycercus elegans flaveolus Captive bred Wren - Fairy Malurus cyaneus 3 .
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