Neotropical parrot
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The Neotropical parrots (tribe Arini, sometimes subfamily Arinae) belong to the family of the true parrots Psittacidae. They consist of two main groups, easily recognized as short-tailed and long-tailed species (Miyaki et al., 1998). Presently, there is increasing consideration to elevate the group to subfamily status, in which case the short- and long-tailed lineages would be cinsidered tribes in the Arinae.
[edit] List of genera
For list of species, see see here
Long-tailed clade
- Anodorhynchus - blue macaws (2 living species, 1 recently extinct)
- Cyanopsitta - Spix's Macaw
- Ara - true macaws (8 living species, at least one recently extinct)
- Orthopsittaca - Red-bellied Macaw
- Propyrrhura - Propyrrhura macaws (3 species)
- Diopsittaca - Red-shouldered Macaw
- Guarouba - Golden Conure
- Conuropsis - Carolina Parakeet (extinct)[1]
- Aratinga - large conures (some 25 living species, probably at least one recently extinct)
- Rhynchopsitta - thick-billed parrots (2 species)
- Ognorhynchus - Yellow-eared Parrot[1]
- Nandayus - Black-hooded or Nanday Parakeet/Conure[1]
- Leptosittaca - Golden-plumed Parakeet[1]
- Cyanoliseus - Burrowing Parrot
- Pyrrhura - red-tailed conures (around two dozen species, one possibly recently extinct)
- Enicognathus (2 species)[1]
- Pionites - caiques (2 species)
- Deroptyus - Red-fan Parrot
- Brotogeris (8 species)
- Myiopsitta (1-2 species)
- Bolborhynchus (3 species)[1]
- Psilopsiagon (2 species, formerly in Bolborhynchus)
Short-tailed clade
- Forpus (7 species)
- Nannopsittaca (2 species)[1]
- Touit (8 species)[1]
- Triclaria - Blue-bellied Parrot
- Amazona - amazon parrots (c.30 living species, probably at least 2 recently extinct)
- Pionus (8 species)
- Salvatoria - Yellow-faced Parrot (previously in Amazona)
- Pionopsitta (8 species)[1]
- Hapalopsittaca (4 species)[1]
- Graydidascalus - Short-tailed Parrot
[edit] References
- Miyaki, C. Y.; Matioli, S. R.; Burke, T. & Wajntal, A. (1998): Parrot evolution and paleogeographical events: Mitochondrial DNA evidence. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15: 544-551. PDF fulltext
[edit] Footnotes
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