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
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 h ...
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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 ...
, ''Neophema chrysostoma''
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Elegant parrot, ''Neophema elegans''
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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 yell ...
, ''Neophema petrophilla''
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Orange-bellied parrot, ''Neophema chrysogaster''
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Turquoise parrot
The turquoise parrot (''Neophema pulchella'') is a species of parrot in the genus ''Neophema'' native to Eastern Australia, from southeastern Queensland, through New South Wales and into North-Eastern Victoria (state), Victoria. It was species d ...
, ''Neophema pulchella''
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Scarlet-chested parrot, ''Neophema splendida''
* Genus ''
Neopsephotus'' - sometimes included in ''Neophema''
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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 mon ...
, ''Neopsephotus bourkii''
* Genus ''
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 ...
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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 ('' ...
, ''Pezoporus wallicus''
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Night parrot, ''Pezoporus occidentalis''
References
Endemic birds of Australia
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