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Brotogeris

Genus of birds

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Taxonomy

The genus Brotogeris was introduced in 1825 by Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors with Psittacus pyrrhopterus Latham, the grey-cheeked parakeet, as the type species. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek brotogērus meaning "with human voice".

The genus contains eight species:

Phylogeny

The species form a monophyletic group whose closest relatives are the monk parakeet and the cliff parakeet in the genus Myiopsitta. Within Brotogeris the species are divided into two separate clades.

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