Platycercinae is a subfamily of birds belonging to the family
Psittaculidae
Psittaculidae is a family of parrots, commonly known as Old World parrots, though this term is a misnomer, as not all its members occur in the Old World and Psittacinae also occurs in the Old World. It consists of six subfamilies: Psittricha ...
that inhabit
Oceania
Oceania ( , ) is a region, geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Outside of the English-speaking world, Oceania is generally considered a continent, while Mainland Australia is regarded as its co ...
.
It consists of two tribes, the ground parrots and allies (
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 parro ...
) and the many species of broad-tailed parrot (
Platycercini).
Genera
Tribe
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 parro ...
:
* 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 ...
''
**
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''
**
Elegant parrot, ''Neophema elegans''
**
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 petrophila''
**
Orange-bellied parrot, ''Neophema chrysogaster''
**
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''
**
Scarlet-chested parrot, ''Neophema splendida''
* Genus ''
Neopsephotus'' — sometimes included in ''Neophema''
**
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 ...
''
**
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''
**
Night parrot, ''Pezoporus occidentalis''
Tribe
Platycercini:
* Genus ''
Prosopeia''
**
Crimson shining parrot, ''Prosopeia splendens''
**
Masked shining parrot, ''Prosopeia personata''
**
Maroon shining parrot
The maroon shining parrot or red shining-parrot (''Prosopeia tabuensis''), is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is native to the islands of Vanua Levu and Taveuni in Fiji and was introduced to the islands of southern Tonga in p ...
, ''Prosopeia tabuensis''
* Genus ''
Eunymphicus
''Eunymphicus'' is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, and is closely related to the ''Cyanoramphus'' parakeets of Oceania.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Eunymphicus'' was introd ...
''
**
Horned parakeet, ''Eunymphicus cornutus''
**
Ouvea parakeet
The Ouvea parakeet (''Eunymphicus uvaeensis'') or Uvea parakeet, is a species of parrot in the genus '' Eunymphicus'', in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the island of Uvea in the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. The species was once c ...
, ''Eunymphicus uvaeensis''
* Genus ''
Cyanoramphus''
**
Black-fronted parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus zealandicus''†
**
Society parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus ulietanus''†
**
Lord Howe parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus subflavescens''†
**
Antipodes parakeet
The Antipodes parakeet or Antipodes Island parakeet (''Cyanoramphus unicolor'') is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae that is endemic to the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. It is one of two parrot species found on the islands, and one of onl ...
, ''Cyanoramphus unicolor''
**
Red-crowned parakeet
The red-crowned parakeet (''Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae''), also known as red-fronted parakeet and by its Māori language, Māori name of ,Parr, M., Juniper, T., D'Silva, C., Powell, D., Johnston, D., Franklin, K., & Restall, R. (2010). Parrots ...
, ''Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae''
**
Macquarie parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus erythrotis''†
**
Reischek's parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus hochstetteri''
**
Yellow-crowned parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus auriceps''
**
Chatham parakeet
The Chatham Islands parakeet (''Cyanoramphus forbesi''), also known as Forbes' parakeet, is a rare parakeet endemic to the Chatham Islands group, New Zealand. This parakeet is one of New Zealand's rarest birds and is classified as vulnerable spe ...
, ''Cyanoramphus forbesi''
**
Malherbe's parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus malherbi''
**
New Caledonian parakeet ''Cyanoramphus saisseti''
**
Norfolk parakeet ''Cyanoramphus cookii''
* Genus ''
Platycercus''
**
Western rosella, ''Platycercus icterotis''
**
Crimson rosella, ''Platycercus elegans''
***
Adelaide rosella, ''Platycercus (elegans) adelaidae''
***
Yellow rosella, ''Platycercus (elegans) flaveolus''
**
Green rosella, ''Platycercus caledonicus''
**
Pale-headed rosella, ''Platycercus adscitus''
**
Eastern rosella, ''Platycercus eximius''
**
Northern rosella, ''Platycercus venustus''
* Genus ''
Barnardius'' — sometimes included in ''Platycercus''
**
Australian ringneck, ''Barnardius zonarius''
* Genus ''
Purpureicephalus''
**
Red-capped parrot, ''Purpureicephalus spurius''
* Genus ''
Lathamus''
**
Swift parrot, ''Lathamus discolor''
* Genus ''
Northiella'' — often included in ''Psephotus''
**
Eastern bluebonnet
The eastern bluebonnet (''Northiella haematogaster''), also known as the greater bluebonnet, is an Australian parrot, one of two species in the genus '' Northiella''.Sindel, S. and Gill, J. (1996). ''Australian Grass Parakeets: The Psephotus and ...
, ''Northiella haematogaster''
**
Naretha bluebonnet, ''Northiella narethae''
* Genus ''
Psephotus''
**
Red-rumped parrot, ''Psephotus haematonotus''
* Genus ''
Psephotellus''
**
Mulga parrot, ''Psephotellus varius''
**
Golden-shouldered parrot, ''Psephotellus chrysopterygius''
**
Hooded parrot, ''Psephotellus dissimilis''
**
Paradise parrot, ''Psephotellus pulcherrimus''†
References
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