FIGURE 18 in Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology, morphology, and affinities

FIGURE 18. Map of the Indian Ocean and a possible route used by parrots (blue) in order to reach the Mascarene Islands. A number of islands, seamounts and atolls are situated along the Indian Ocean ridge, which may have provided a series of island stepping stones. Black outline illustrates the present range of Psittacula eupatria (based on Forshaw 1989: 355), a possible founding species for all Mascarene species of Psittacula.