Pezoporini
The tribe Pezoporini is the sister clade of the tribe Platycercini that contains the broad-tailed parrots. Taxonomy The inclusion of the following taxon is based on the paper by Joseph ''et al.'' (2012). * Genus ''Neophema'' ** Blue-winged parrot, ''Neophema chrysostoma'' ** Elegant parrot, ''Neophema elegans'' ** Rock parrot, ''Neophema petrophilla'' ** Orange-bellied parrot, ''Neophema chrysogaster'' ** Turquoise parrot, ''Neophema pulchella'' ** Scarlet-chested parrot, ''Neophema splendida'' * Genus ''Neopsephotus'' - sometimes included in ''Neophema'' ** Bourke's parrot, ''Neopsephotus bourkii'' * Genus ''Pezoporus'' ** Ground parrot, ''Pezoporus wallicus'' ** Night parrot, ''Pezoporus occidentalis'' References Pezoporini, Endemic birds of Australia {{parrot-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bourke's Parrot
Bourke's parrot (''Neopsephotus bourkii'', formerly known as ''Neophema bourkii''), also known as the blue-vented parrot, sundown parrot, pink-bellied parrot, Bourke's parakeet, Bourke or "Bourkie", is a small parrot found in Australia and the monotypic, only species in its genus, ''Neopsephotus''. It is approximately 19 cm long and weighs around 45 grams. It is named after General Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of New South Wales from 1831 to 1837. Description The Bourke's parrot is a relatively small species. They tend to vary between 18 cm and 23 cm in length with a tail length of approximately 9 cm. The females of the species tend to be slightly smaller than the males: males of the species weigh between 47 g and 49 g whilst females weigh between 41 g and 49 g. Both sexes look very similar until the age of nine months, after which they come into full plumage colour. In the wild, Bourke's parakeets display an overall brown colouration with a pink abdomen, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ground Parrot
The ground parrot (''Pezoporus wallicus'') is a parrot endemic to Australia. It is one of only four ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being the closely related night parrot (''Pezoporus occidentalis''), the Antipodes parakeet (''Cyanoramphus unicolor''), and the flightless kākāpō (''Strigops habroptilus'') from New Zealand. The colouration of the two ''Pezoporus'' species and the kākāpō is similar – yellowish green with darker barring, somewhat reminiscent of the head and back of the wild-type budgerigar. When disturbed, a ground parrot flies swiftly just above the ground before dropping back into the vegetation. The presence of the bird is often only revealed by its characteristic dusk and dawn call, a clear whistling sequence of notes which rise in pitch before fading. It is silent in flight.The IOC World Bird Listcurrently recognises three subspecies; the eastern ground parrot (subsp. ''wallicus''), the western ground parrot or Kyloring (subsp. ''fl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Neophema
The genus ''Neophema'' is an Australian genus with six or seven species. They are small, dull green parrots differentiated by patches of other colours, and are commonly known as grass parrots. The genus has some sexual dichromatism, with males having brighter hues. Taxonomy Sometimes the broad-tailed parrots are considered a subfamily. In this case, ''Neophema'' and Bourke's parrot are united in the tribe Neophemini. mtDNA sequence data (Miyaki ''et al.'' 1998) suggests that the former may be correct, but the latter almost certainly is not. Rather, it appears, the group would need to include more closely related forms, such as the budgerigar and the '' Pezoporus'' ground-parrots. However, while Joseph ''et al.'' (2011) also found ''Neophema'' to be related both Bourke's parrot and ground-parrots and form part of the tribe Pezoporini, they are not related to the budgerigar. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA published in 2021 indicated the ancestors of Bourke's parrot and the remaini ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pezoporus
''Pezoporus'' is a genus of parrot endemic to Australia. It contains two species: the night parrot (''P. occidentalis'') and the ground parrot (''P. wallicus'') which is divided into three subspecies. The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, ''Geopsittacus''. The genus is part of the tribe Pezoporini and subfamily Platycercinae Platycercinae is a subfamily of birds belonging to the family Psittaculidae that inhabit Oceania. It consists of two tribes, the ground parrots and allies (Pezoporini) and the many species of broad-tailed parrot (Platycercini). Genera Tribe Pezo .... Species list *Genus ''Pezoporus'' References Bird genera Broad-tailed parrots {{parrot-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zootaxa
''Zootaxa'' is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. From 2001 to 2020, more than 60,000 new species have been described in the journal accounting for around 25% of all new taxa indexed in The Zoological Record in the last few years. Print and online versions are available. Temporary suspension from JCR The journal exhibited high levels of self-citation and its journal impact factor of 2019 was suspended from ''Journal Citation Reports'' in 2020, a sanction which hit 34 journals in total. Biologist Ross Mounce noted that high levels of self-citation may be inevitable for a journal which publishes a large share of new species classification. Later that year, this decision was reversed and it was admitted that levels of self-citation are appropriate considering the large proportion of p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Portable Document Format
Portable document format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Based on the PostScript language, each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, vector graphics, raster images and other information needed to display it. PDF has its roots in "The Camelot Project" initiated by Adobe co-founder John Warnock in 1991. PDF was standardized as ISO 32000 in 2008. The last edition as ISO 32000-2:2020 was published in December 2020. PDF files may contain a variety of content besides flat text and graphics including logical structuring elements, interactive elements such as annotations and form-fields, layers, rich media (including video content), three-dimensional objects using U3D or PRC, and various other data formats. The PDF specific ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blue-winged Parrot
The blue-winged parrot (''Neophema chrysostoma''), also known as the blue-banded parakeet or blue-banded grass-parakeet, is a small parrot found in Tasmania and southeast mainland Australia. It is partly migratory, with populations of blue-winged parrots travelling to Tasmania for the summer. The parrot is sexually dimorphic – the males have more blue on the wings and a two-toned blue frontal band on the head, while females are duller and have more green on the wings and a wingbar. Both sexes have predominantly olive-green plumage. Predominantly a feeder on the ground, the blue-winged parrot mainly eats seeds of grasses. It adapts readily to captivity. Taxonomy German naturalist Heinrich Kuhl described the blue-winged parrot in 1820 as ''Psittacus chrysostomus'', noting that it had been confused with the turquoise parrot (''N. pulchella''). However, the material used to describe it contained specimens of both this species and the elegant parrot. The species' name is from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rock Parrot
The rock parrot (''Neophema petrophila'') is a species of Neophema, grass parrot native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1841, it is a small parrot long and weighing with predominantly olive (color), olive-brown upperparts and more yellowish underparts. Its head is olive with light blue forecheeks and Lore (anatomy), lores, and a dark blue frontal band line across the crown with lighter blue above and below. The sexes are similar in appearance, although the female tends to have a duller frontal band and less blue on the face. The female's call also tends to be far louder and more shrill than the male's. Two subspecies are currently recognised. Rocky islands and coastal dune areas are the preferred habitats for this species, which is found from Lake Alexandrina (South Australia), Lake Alexandrina in southeastern South Australia westwards across coastal South and Western Australia to Shark Bay. Unlike other grass parrots, it nests in burrows or rocky crevices mostly on of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |