Pezoporus

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Platycercinae
Tribe: Platycercini
Genus: Pezoporus
Illiger, 1811
Species

Pezoporus occidentalis
Pezoporus wallicus
Synonyms

Geopsittacus

The genus Pezoporus contains two Australian species: the Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) and the Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus). The former species was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus. It is considered a part of the tribe Platycercini or, if this is considered a subfamily, the monotypic tribe Pezoporini. Its closest relatives are some other small broad-tailed parrots, the genus Neophema and the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), and modern research suggests that the genus should not be considered a tribe of its own but included with these, if the broad-tailed parrots are raised to subfamily status (Christidis et al., 1991; Leeton et al., 1994).

[edit] References

  • Christidis, Leslie; Schodde, R.; Shaw, D. D. & Maynes, S. F. (1991): Relationships among the Australo-Papuan Parrots, Lorikeets, and Cockatoos (Aves, Psittaciformes): Protein Evidence. Condor 93(2): 302-317. PDF fulltext
  • Leeton, Peter R. J., Christidis, Leslie, Westerman, Michael & Boles, Walter E. (1994): Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Night Parrot (Geopsittacus occidentalis) and the Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus). Auk 111(4): 833-843 PDF fulltext


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