Pezoporini
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| Pezoporini | |
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| Western Ground Parrot | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribe: | Pezoporini |
| Genera | |
The tribe Pezoporini is the sister clade of the tribe Platycercini that contains the broad-tailed parrots.
Taxonomy [edit]
The inclusions of the following taxon is based on the paper by Joseph et al. (2011) [1]
- Genus Neopsephotus - sometimes included in Neophema
- Bourke's Parrot, Neopsephotus bourkii
- Genus Neophema
- Blue-winged Parrot, Neophema chrysostoma
- Elegant Parrot, Neophema elegans
- Rock Parrot, Neophema petrophilla
- Orange-bellied Parrot, Neophema chrysogaster
- Turquoise Parrot, Neophema pulchella
- Scarlet-chested Parrot, Neophema splendida
- Genus Pezoporus
- Eastern Ground Parrot, Pezoporus wallicus
- Western Ground Parrot, Pezoporus flaviventris
- Night Parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis - formerly Geopsittacus
