Broad-tailed parrot
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Platycercini |
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A broad-tailed parrot is any of about 35–40 species belonging to the tribe Platycercini. The members of the tribe are small to medium in size, and all are native to Australasia, Australia in particular, but also New Zealand, New Caledonia, and nearby islands.
[edit] Species
- Genus Prosopeia
- Crimson Shining Parrot, Prosopeia splendens
- Masked Shining Parrot, Prosopeia personata
- Maroon Shining Parrot, Prosopeia tabuensis
- Genus Eunymphicus
- Horned Parakeet, Eunymphicus cornutus
- Ouvea Parakeet, Eunymphicus uvaeensis
- Genus Cyanoramphus
- Black-fronted Parakeet, Cyanoramphus zealandicus†
- Society Parakeet, Cyanoramphus ulietanus†
- Antipodes Parakeet, Cyanoramphus unicolor
- Red-crowned Parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
- Macquarie Parakeet, Cyanoramphus erythrotis†
- Reischek's Parakeet, Cyanoramphus hochstetteri
- Yellow-crowned Parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps
- Chatham Parakeet, Cyanoramphus forbesi
- Malherbe's Parakeet, Cyanoramphus malherbi
- New Caledonian Parakeet C. saisseti
- Norfolk Parakeet C. cooki
- Genus Platycercus
- Western Rosella, Platycercus icterotis
- Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans
- Adelaide Rosella, Platycercus (elegans) adelaidae
- Yellow Rosella, Platycercus (elegans) flaveolus
- Green Rosella, Platycercus caledonicus
- Pale-headed Rosella, Platycercus adscitus
- Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius
- Northern Rosella, Platycercus venustus
- Genus Barnardius - sometimes included in Platycercus
- Australian Ringneck, Barnardius zonarius
- Genus Purpureicephalus
- Red-capped Parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius
- Genus Lathamus
- Swift Parrot, Lathamus discolor
- Genus Northiella - often included in Psephotus
- Bluebonnet, Northiella haematogaster
- Genus Psephotus
- Red-rumped Parrot, Psephotus haematonotus
- Mulga Parrot, Psephotus varius
- Golden-shouldered Parrot, Psephotus chrysoptergius
- Hooded Parrot, Psephotus dissimilis
- Paradise Parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus (extinct, late 1920s)
- 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
The Budgerigar was traditionally placed in this tribe, but this inclusion is incorrect.[1][2][3][4] The closest relatives of the Budgerigar are the lories and lorikeets.[1][2][3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Wright, T.F.; Schirtzinger E. E., Matsumoto T., Eberhard J. R., Graves G. R., Sanchez J. J., Capelli S., Muller H., Scharpegge J., Chambers G. K. & Fleischer R. C. (2008). "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny of the Parrots (Psittaciformes): Support for a Gondwanan Origin during the Cretaceous". Mol Biol Evol 25 (10): 2141–2156. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn160. PMC 2727385. PMID 18653733. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2727385.
- ^ a b Christidis, L., L.; R. Schodde, D. D. Shaw, and S. F. Maynes. (1991). "Christidis, L., R. Schodde, D. D. Shaw, and S. F. Maynes. 1991. Relationships among the Australo-Papuan parrots, lorikeets, and cockatoos (Aves, Psittaciformes) - protein evidence.". Condor 93: 302–317. doi:10.2307/1368946.
- ^ a b de Kloet, RS; de Kloet SR (2005). "The evolution of the spindlin gene in birds: Sequence analysis of an intron of the spindlin W and Z gene reveals four major divisions of the Psittaciformes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 (3): 706–721. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.013. PMID 16099384.
- ^ a b Tokita, M; Kiyoshi T and Armstrong KN (2007). "Evolution of craniofacial novelty in parrots through developmental modularity and heterochrony". Evolution & Development 9 (6): 590–601. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2007.00199.x. PMID 17976055. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118546207/abstract.
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