Broad-tailed parrot

A broad-tailed parrot is any of about 35–40 species belonging to the tribe Platycercini. The members of the tribe are small to medium in size, and all are native to Australasia, Australia in particular, but also New Zealand, New Caledonia, and nearby islands.

An adult crimson rosella

Platycercini
A pair of red-rumped parrots
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Platycercinae
Tribe:	Platycercini Selby, 1836
Genera
Prosopeia Eunymphicus Cyanoramphus Platycercus Barnardius Purpureicephalus Lathamus Northiella Psephotus Psephotellus

Species

• Genus Prosopeia
  • Crimson shining parrot, Prosopeia splendens
  • Masked shining parrot, Prosopeia personata
  • Maroon shining parrot, Prosopeia tabuensis
• Genus Eunymphicus
  • Horned parakeet, Eunymphicus cornutus
  • Ouvea parakeet, Eunymphicus uvaeensis
• Genus Cyanoramphus
  • Black-fronted parakeet, Cyanoramphus zealandicus†
  • Society parakeet, Cyanoramphus ulietanus†
  • Lord Howe parakeet, Cyanoramphus subflavescens†
  • Antipodes parakeet, Cyanoramphus unicolor
  • Red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
  • Macquarie parakeet, Cyanoramphus erythrotis†
  • Reischek's parakeet, Cyanoramphus hochstetteri
  • Yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps
  • Chatham parakeet, Cyanoramphus forbesi
  • Malherbe's parakeet, Cyanoramphus malherbi
  • New Caledonian parakeet Cyanoramphus saisseti
  • Norfolk parakeet Cyanoramphus cooki
• 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, Northiella haematogaster
  • Naretha bluebonnet, Northiella narethae
• Genus Psephotus
  • Red-rumped parrot, Psephotus haematonotus
• Genus Psephotellus
  • Mulga parrot, Psephotellus varius
  • Golden-shouldered parrot, Psephotellus chrysoptergius
  • Hooded parrot, Psephotellus dissimilis
  • Paradise parrot, Psephotellus pulcherrimus† (extinct, late 1920s)

The budgerigar was traditionally placed in this tribe, but this inclusion is incorrect.^[1][2][3][4] The closest relatives of the budgerigar are the lories and lorikeets.^[1][2][3][4] The genera Neopsephotus, Neophema, and Pezoporus are placed in a separate, but closely related tribe, the Pezoporini based on the paper by Joseph et al. (2011)^[5]

References

1. Wright, T.F.; Schirtzinger, E. E.; Matsumoto, T.; Eberhard, J. R.; Graves, G. R.; Sanchez, J. J.; Capelli, S.; Muller, H.; Scharpegge, J.; Chambers, G. K.; Fleischer, R. C. (2008). "A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny of the Parrots (Psittaciformes): Support for a Gondwanan Origin during the Cretaceous". Mol Biol Evol. 25 (10): 2141–2156. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn160. PMC 2727385. PMID 18653733.
2. Christidis, L., L.; Schodde, R.; Shaw, D. D.; Maynes, S. F. (1991). "Christidis, L., R. Schodde, D. D. Shaw, and S. F. Maynes. 1991. Relationships among the Australo-Papuan parrots, lorikeets, and cockatoos (Aves, Psittaciformes) - protein evidence". Condor. 93: 302–317. doi:10.2307/1368946. JSTOR 1368946.
3. de Kloet, RS; de Kloet SR (2005). "The evolution of the spindlin gene in birds: Sequence analysis of an intron of the spindlin W and Z gene reveals four major divisions of the Psittaciformes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36 (3): 706–721. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.013. PMID 16099384.
4. Tokita, M; Kiyoshi, T; Armstrong, KN (2007). "Evolution of craniofacial novelty in parrots through developmental modularity and heterochrony". Evolution & Development. 9 (6): 590–601. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2007.00199.x. PMID 17976055. S2CID 46659963. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05.
5. "TiF Checklist: BASAL AUSTRALAVES: Cariamiformes, Falconiformes & Psittaciformes".

External links

• "Platycercini". Atlas of Living Australia.