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Broad-tailed parrot

Tribe of birds

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Species

  • Genus Prosopeia
    • Crimson shining parrot, Prosopeia splendens
    • Masked shining parrot, Prosopeia personata
    • Maroon shining parrot, Prosopeia tabuensis
  • Genus Eunymphicus
  • Genus Cyanoramphus
    • Black-fronted parakeet, Cyanoramphus zealandicus†
    • Society parakeet, Cyanoramphus ulietanus†
    • Lord Howe parakeet, Cyanoramphus subflavescens†
    • Antipodes parakeet, Cyanoramphus unicolor
    • Red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
    • Macquarie parakeet, Cyanoramphus erythrotis†
    • Reischek's parakeet, Cyanoramphus hochstetteri
    • Yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps
    • Chatham parakeet, Cyanoramphus forbesi
    • Malherbe's parakeet, Cyanoramphus malherbi
    • New Caledonian parakeet Cyanoramphus saisseti
    • Norfolk parakeet Cyanoramphus cooki
  • Genus Platycercus
  • Genus Barnardius - sometimes included in Platycercus
  • Genus Purpureicephalus
    • Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius
  • Genus Lathamus
    • Swift parrot, Lathamus discolor
  • Genus Northiella - often included in Psephotus
  • Genus Psephotus
    • Red-rumped parrot, Psephotus haematonotus
  • Genus Psephotellus
    • Mulga parrot, Psephotellus varius
    • Golden-shouldered parrot, Psephotellus chrysoptergius
    • Hooded parrot, Psephotellus dissimilis
    • Paradise parrot, Psephotellus pulcherrimus† (extinct, late 1920s)

The budgerigar was traditionally placed in this tribe, but this inclusion is incorrect. The closest relatives of the budgerigar are the lories and lorikeets. The genera Neopsephotus, Neophema, and Pezoporus are placed in a separate, but closely related tribe, the Pezoporini based on the paper by Joseph et al. (2011)

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