| 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 | |
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Pezoporus occidentalis |
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Species distributions:
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| Synonyms | |
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Geopsittacus |
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The genus Pezoporus contains three Australian species: the Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) and the cryptic ground parrots, the Eastern Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) and the Western Ground Parrot (Pezoporus flaviventris). The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus. The genus is considered part of the tribe Platycercini or, if this is considered a subfamily, the monotypic tribe Pezoporini. The phylogenetic position of the genus Pezoporus within the parrot family remains unclear.[1][2]
| Pezoporus | |||
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| Common name (binomial name) Status |
Image | Description | Range and habitat |
| Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) Critically Endangered[3] |
About 22-25 cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows. | Interior of Australia[4], recent sightings from Diamantina National Park, Pilbara region, Western Australia and Cloncurry, Queensland.[5] | |
| Eastern Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) Least Concern[6] |
About 30 cm long. generaly green plumage, with black and yellow marking. Narrow orange-red band to forehead. Underside of flight-feathers with pale yellow wing-stripe. Bill, cere and feet greyish-brown. | Costal regions of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania[4] | |
| Western Ground Parrot (Pezoporus flaviventris) |
Costal regions of south-western Australia.[4] | ||