Psephotus
| Psephotus | |
|---|---|
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| Red-rumped parrot | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Platycercinae |
| Tribe: | Platycercini |
| Genus: | Psephotus Gould, 1845 |
| Subgenera | |
Psephotus is a genus of five species of Australian parakeets. All species show considerable sexual dimorphism. The genus is highly likely to be polyphyletic; a molecular study analysing nuclear and mitochondrial DNA found that the red-rumped parrot was an early offshoot in a clade of several genera of broad-tailed parrot, with the other species nested deeply within.[1][2]
Systematics
Subgenus Psephotus:
- Red-rumped parrot, Psephotus haematonotus
- Mulga parrot, Psephotus varius
Subgenus Psephotellus:
- Hooded parrot, Psephotus dissimilis
- Golden-shouldered parrot, Psephotus chrysopterygius
- †Paradise parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus
Subgenus Psephotellus along with the Mulga parrot is now thought to be a separate genus according to BirdLife International and IUCN
References
- ↑ Leo Joseph, Alicia Toon, Erin E. Schirtzinger, Timothy F. Wright (2011). "Molecular systematics of two enigmatic genera Psittacella and Pezoporus illuminate the ecological radiation of Australo-Papuan parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 675–684. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.017. PMID 21453777.
- ↑ Schweizer, Manuel; Güntert, Marcel; Hertwig, Stefan T. (2012). "Out of the Bassian province: historical biogeography of the Australasian platycercine parrots". Zoologica Scripta 42 (1): 13–27. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00561.x.
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