Psittaculini is a tribe of parrots of 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 ...
. The subdivisions within the tribe are controversial.
Tribe Psittaculini
* Genus ''
Psittinus''
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Blue-rumped parrot, ''Psittinus cyanurus''
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Simeulue parrot, ''Psittinus abbotti''
* Genus ''
Geoffroyus''
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Red-cheeked parrot, ''Geoffroyus geoffroyi''
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Blue-collared parrot, ''Geoffroyus simplex''
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Song parrot, ''Geoffroyus heteroclitus''
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Rennell parrot, ''Geoffroyus hyacinthinus''
* Genus ''
Prioniturus''
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Montane racket-tail, ''Prioniturus montanus''
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Mindanao racket-tail, ''Prioniturus waterstradti''
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Blue-headed racket-tail, ''Prioniturus platenae''
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Green racket-tail, ''Prioniturus luconensis''
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Blue-crowned racket-tail, ''Prioniturus discurus''
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Blue-winged racket-tail, ''Prioniturus verticalis'' (also known as Sulu Racquet-tail)
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Yellow-breasted racket-tail, ''Prioniturus flavicans''
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Golden-mantled racket-tail, ''Prioniturus platurus''
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Buru racket-tail, ''Prioniturus mada''
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Mindoro racket-tail, ''Prioniturus mindorensis''
* Genus ''
Tanygnathus''
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Great-billed parrot, ''Tanygnathus megalorynchos''
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Blue-naped parrot, ''Tanygnathus lucionensis''
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Blue-backed parrot, ''Tanygnathus sumatranus''
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Black-lored parrot, ''Tanygnathus gramineus''
* Genus ''
Eclectus
''Eclectus'' is a genus of parrot, the Psittaciformes, which consists of four known extant species known as eclectus parrots and the extinct ''Eclectus infectus'', the oceanic eclectus parrot. The extant eclectus parrots are medium-sized parrots ...
''
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Moluccan eclectus
The Moluccan eclectus (''Eclectus roratus'') is a parrot native to the Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is unusual in the parrot order for its extreme sexual dimorphism of the colours of the plumage; the male having a mostly bright emerald green plu ...
, ''Eclectus roratus''
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Sumba eclectus, ''Eclectus cornelia''
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Tanimbar eclectus, ''Eclectus riedeli''
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Papuan eclectus, ''Eclectus polychros''
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Oceanic eclectus, ''Eclectus infectus'' (
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
)
* Genus ''
Psittacula''
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Alexandrine parakeet, ''Psittacula eupatria''
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Seychelles parakeet, ''Psittacula wardi'' (
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
)
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Rose-ringed parakeet
The rose-ringed parakeet (''Psittacula krameri''), also known as the ring-necked parakeet, ringneck parrot (in aviculture) or the Kramer parrot, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus ''Psittacula'', of the Family (biology), family Psittacidae. It ...
, ''Psittacula krameri''
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Echo parakeet, ''Psittacula eques''
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Réunion parakeet
The echo parakeet (''Psittacula eques'') is a species of parrot endemic to the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and formerly Réunion. It is the only living native parrot of the Mascarene Islands; all others have become extinct due to human activit ...
, ''Psittacula eques eques'' (
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
)
** †
Newton's parakeet, ''Psittacula exsul'' (
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
)
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Slaty-headed parakeet, ''Psittacula himalayana''
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Grey-headed parakeet, ''Psittacula finschii''
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Plum-headed parakeet, ''Psittacula cyanocephala''
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Blossom-headed parakeet, ''Psittacula roseata''
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Blue-winged parakeet, ''Psittacula columboides''
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Layard's parakeet, ''Psittacula calthropae''
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Lord Derby's parakeet
Lord Derby's parakeet (''Psittacula derbiana''), also known as Derbyan parakeet, is a parrot species, which is confined to a small pocket of moist evergreen forest in the hills and mountains of the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, a ...
, ''Psittacula derbiana''
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Red-breasted parakeet
The red-breasted parakeet (''Psittacula alexandri'') is a parrot native to Southeast Asia. It is among the more widespread species of the genus and is the species which has the most geographical variations. It is easily identified by the large re ...
, ''Psittacula alexandri''
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Nicobar parakeet, ''Psittacula caniceps''
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Long-tailed parakeet, ''Psittacula longicauda''
* Genus ''
Lophopsittacus'' (
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
)
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Mauritius grey parrot, ''Lophopsittacus (disputed) bensoni''
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Broad-billed parrot
The broad-billed parrot or raven parrot (''Lophopsittacus mauritianus'') is a large extinct parrot in the family (biology), family Psittaculidae. It was endemism in birds, endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius. The species was first refe ...
, ''Lophopsittacus mauritianus'' (
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
)
* Genus ''
Necropsittacus'' (
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
)
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Rodrigues parrot ''Necropsittacus rodericanus'' (
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
)
References
Australian Biological Resources Study
{{Taxonbar, from=Q248001
Bird tribes
Psittaculinae
Taxa named by Nicholas Aylward Vigors