Polytelis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Regent Parrots,
Polytelis anthopeplus |
||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Polytelis swainsonii |
The genus Polytelis of the family Psittacidae consists of three species long-tailed parrot endemic to Australia. It is not clear whether they belong to the Asian parakeets and relatives, or the Australian Broad-tailed parrots. They are usually classified with the former due to their size, general shape, and color pattern (e.g. Forshaw & Cooper 1981), but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data gives a rather more confusing picture (Miyaki et al. 1998). On the other hand, sex chromosome spindlin sequence analyses[citation needed] are in favor of the traditional placement.
[edit] Species
- Superb Parrot, Polytelis swainsonii
- Regent Parrot, Polytelis anthopeplus
- Princess Parrot, Polytelis alexandrae
[edit] References
- Forshaw, Joseph M. & Cooper, William T. (1981): Parrots of the World (3rd ed.). Press, Willoughby, Australia.
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
 This article relating to parrots is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
