Broad-tailed parrot
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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.
The Budgerigar
was traditionally placed in this tribe, but this inclusion is incorrect. The closest relatives of the Budgerigar
are the lories and lorikeets.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
belonging to the tribe
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
Platycercini. The members of the tribe are small to medium in size, and all are native to Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in particular, but also New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
, and nearby islands.
Species
- Genus Prosopeia
- Crimson Shining Parrot, Prosopeia splendens
- Masked Shining Parrot, Prosopeia personata
- Maroon Shining Parrot, Prosopeia tabuensis
- Genus EunymphicusEunymphicusEunymphicus is a genus of parrot in the Psittacidae family. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia and the surrounding islands, and is closely related to the Cyanoramphus parakeets of Oceania.It contains the following species:...
- Horned ParakeetHorned ParakeetThe Horned Parakeet , is a species of parrot in the genus Eunymphicus, in the Psittacidae family. Eunymphicus cornutus is a largely green parakeet endemic to New Caledonia. It is called Horned because it has two black feathers that protrude from the head and have red tips...
, Eunymphicus cornutus - Ouvea Parakeet, Eunymphicus uvaeensis
- Horned Parakeet
- Genus CyanoramphusCyanoramphusCyanoramphus is a genus of parakeets native to New Zealand and islands of the southern Pacific Ocean. The New Zealand forms are often referred to as kākāriki. They are small to medium sized parakeets with long tails and predominately green plumage. Most species are forest species, although several...
- Black-fronted ParakeetBlack-fronted ParakeetThe extinct Black-fronted Parakeet or Tahiti Parakeet was endemic to the Pacific island of Tahiti. Its native name was simply ’ā’ā according to Latham though White gives "aa-maha"....
, Cyanoramphus zealandicus† - Society ParakeetSociety ParakeetThe Society Parakeet is an extinct parakeet of the genus Cyanoramphus.-Description:It reached a length of 25 cm. Its head was chocolate brown. The bill showed a pale bluish grey hue and had a black tip. The back and the wings were coloured brown. The lower back and the tail exhibited a...
, Cyanoramphus ulietanus† - Antipodes Parakeet, Cyanoramphus unicolor
- Red-crowned ParakeetRed-crowned ParakeetThe Red-crowned Parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae, is a small species of parrot from New Zealand. The species was once lumped with several other parrots from New Zealand's outlying islands, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island, but these have now been afforded full species status...
, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - Macquarie Parakeet, Cyanoramphus erythrotis†
- Reischek's ParakeetReischek's ParakeetReischek’s Parakeet is a small green parrot confined to 21 km2 Antipodes Island, one of New Zealand’s subantarctic islands, which it shares with a congener, the larger Antipodes Island Parakeet.-Taxonomy:...
, Cyanoramphus hochstetteri - Yellow-crowned ParakeetYellow-crowned ParakeetThe Yellow-crowned Parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, is a species of parakeet endemic to the islands of New Zealand. The species is found across the main three islands of New Zealand, North Island, South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura, as well as on the subantarctic Auckland Islands...
, Cyanoramphus auriceps - Chatham Parakeet, Cyanoramphus forbesi
- Malherbe's ParakeetMalherbe's ParakeetThe Malherbe's Parakeet, Cyanoramphus malherbi, is a small parrot endemic to New Zealand. In New Zealand it is commonly known as the Orange-fronted Parakeet, a name it shares with a species from Middle America...
, Cyanoramphus malherbi - New Caledonian Parakeet C. saisseti
- Norfolk Parakeet C. cooki
- Black-fronted Parakeet
- Genus Platycercus
- Western RosellaWestern RosellaThe Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis, less commonly known as the Stanley Rosella, Earl of Derby's parakeet or Yellow-cheeked parakeet, is the smallest species of rosella and is found in the South West of Australia. in Eucalypt forests and timbered areas. These are smallish parrots measuring ...
, Platycercus icterotis - Crimson RosellaCrimson RosellaThe Crimson Rosella is a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island. It is commonly found in, but not restricted to, mountain forests and gardens. The species as it now stands has subsumed two former separate species, the Yellow...
, Platycercus elegans- Adelaide Rosella, Platycercus (elegans) adelaidae
- Yellow Rosella, Platycercus (elegans) flaveolus
- Green RosellaGreen RosellaThe Green Rosella or Tasmanian Rosella is endemic to Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. At 37 cm long it is the largest species of the Rosella genus...
, Platycercus caledonicus - Pale-headed RosellaPale-headed RosellaThe Pale-headed Rosella , is a broad-tailed parrot of the genus Platycercus native to northeastern Australia. It is a moderate-size parrot with a pale yellow head, predominantly white cheeks, scalloped black and gold back and pale blue underparts...
, Platycercus adscitus - Eastern RosellaEastern RosellaThe Eastern Rosella is a rosella native to southeast of the Australian continent and to Tasmania. It has been introduced to New Zealand where feral populations are found in the North Island and in the hills around Dunedin in the South Island.-Taxonomy:The Eastern Rosella was named by...
, Platycercus eximius - Northern RosellaNorthern RosellaThe Northern Rosella , also known as Brown's Parakeet or Smutty Rosella, is found in Australia's Top End. It is unusually coloured for a rosella, with a dark crown and white cheeks similar to its relatives the Pale-headed Rosella and the Eastern Rosella.At 28 cm long it is smaller than all bar...
, Platycercus venustus
- Western Rosella
- Genus Barnardius - sometimes included in Platycercus
- Australian RingneckAustralian RingneckThe Australian Ringneck is a parrot native to Australia. Except for extreme tropical and highland areas, the species has adapted to all conditions...
, Barnardius zonarius
- Australian Ringneck
- Genus Purpureicephalus
- Red-capped ParrotRed-capped ParrotThe Red-capped Parrot , also called the Pileated Parakeet , and King Parrot locally in Western Australia, is an Australian species of broad-tailed parrot related to the Rosellas.First described by German naturalist Heinrich Kuhl in 1820, from a collection in Albany,...
, Purpureicephalus spurius
- Red-capped Parrot
- Genus Lathamus
- Swift ParrotSwift ParrotThe Swift Parrot breeds in Tasmania and migrates north to south eastern Australia from Griffith-Warialda in New South Wales and west to Adelaide in the winter. It is related to the rosellas, with the feeding habits of a lorikeet...
, Lathamus discolor
- Swift Parrot
- Genus Northiella - often included in Psephotus
- BluebonnetBluebonnet (bird)The Bluebonnet is an Australian parrot, the only member of the genus Northiella. Its habitat includes open woodland, scrub, riverine forest, spinifex, and farmlands in the eastern half of the continent, with a smaller race being found in the Western Australian Nullarbor region.This species grows...
, Northiella haematogaster
- Bluebonnet
- Genus PsephotusPsephotusThe genus Psephotus has five species of parakeets from Australia. All species show considerable sexual dimorphism.-Systematics:Subgenus Psephotus:* Red-rumped Parrot, Psephotus haematonotus* Mulga Parrot, Psephotus varius...
- Red-rumped ParrotRed-rumped ParrotThe Red-rumped Parrot , also known as the Red-backed Parrot or Grass Parrot, is a common bird of south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin.-Description:...
, Psephotus haematonotus - Mulga ParrotMulga ParrotThe Mulga Parrot , also known as the Many-coloured Parrot, is endemic in arid scrublands and lightly timbered grasslands in the interior of southern Australia.-Taxonomy:...
, Psephotus varius - Golden-shouldered ParrotGolden-shouldered ParrotThe Golden-shouldered Parrot is a rare bird of southern Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia. A small attractive parrot related to the more common Red-rumped Parrot, it is considered to be a superspecies with the Hooded Parrot The Golden-shouldered Parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius) is a...
, Psephotus chrysoptergius - Hooded ParrotHooded ParrotThe Hooded Parrot, Psephotus dissimilis is a medium-sized, up to 26cm long, turquoise blue parrot with black head, green wing, brown back and greenish blue-bronze tail feathers edged with white. It has pale grey beak, greyish brown legs and brown eye...
, Psephotus dissimilis - Paradise ParrotParadise ParrotThe Paradise Parrot was a colourful medium-sized parrot native to the grassy woodlands of the Queensland - New South Wales border area of northeastern Australia. Once moderately common within its fairly restricted range, the last live bird was seen in 1927...
, Psephotus pulcherrimus (extinct, late 1920s)
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Genus Neopsephotus - sometimes included in Neophema
- Bourke's ParrotBourke's ParrotThe Bourke's Parrot , also known as the Bourke's Parakeet or "Bourkie", is a small parrot originating in Australia and the only species in its genus Neopsephotus...
, Neopsephotus bourkii
- Bourke's Parrot
- Genus NeophemaNeophemaThe genus Neophema is an Australian genus of broad-tailed parrots with six or seven species. They are small parakeets with a more or less dull green basic color with some contrasting colorful patches, and are commonly known as grass parrots...
- Blue-winged ParrotBlue-winged ParrotThe 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 Australia....
, Neophema chrysostoma - Elegant ParrotElegant ParrotThe Elegant Parrot is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to Australia.-Taxonomy:The Elegant Parrot was originally named by the renowned ornithologist and artist John Gould in 1837, its specific name Latin for "elegant"...
, Neophema elegans - Rock ParrotRock ParrotThe Rock Parrot , also known as the Rock Elegant, is a parrot which is endemic to coastal South Australia, southern Western Australia, and that continent's offshore islands, including Rottnest Island. It is a small, predominantly olive-green parrot...
, Neophema petrophilla - Orange-bellied ParrotOrange-bellied ParrotThe Orange-bellied Parrot is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only two species of parrot which migrate. The adult male is distinguished by its bright grass-green upperparts, yellow underparts and orange belly patch. The adult female and juvenile are duller...
, Neophema chrysogaster - Turquoise ParrotTurquoise ParrotThe Turquoise Parrot is a parrot previously widespread in Eastern Australia, though now mainly found in northeastern New South Wales and north-eastern Victoria....
, Neophema pulchella - Scarlet-chested ParrotScarlet-chested ParrotThe Scarlet-chested Parrot , known alternately as Scarlet-breasted parrot, Orange-throated parrot or Splendid parrot, is a parrot endemic to central South Australia and inland southern Western Australia...
, Neophema splendida
- Blue-winged Parrot
- Genus PezoporusPezoporusThe genus Pezoporus contains three Australian species: the Night Parrot and the cryptic ground parrots, the Eastern Ground Parrot and the Western Ground Parrot . The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus...
- Eastern Ground Parrot, Pezoporus wallicus
- Western Ground ParrotWestern Ground ParrotThe Western Ground Parrot is an endangered species of parrot endemic to Western Australia and is a close relative of the Eastern Ground Parrot and the somewhat more distantly related and mysterious Night Parrot...
, Pezoporus flaviventris - Night ParrotNight ParrotThe Night Parrot is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to the continent of Australia. The species was originally placed within its own genus , but most authors now prefer to place it within the genus Pezoporus together with the two ground parrots.No known sightings of the bird were made between...
, Pezoporus occidentalis - formerly Geopsittacus
The Budgerigar
Budgerigar
The Budgerigar , also known as Common Pet Parakeet or Shell Parakeet informally nicknamed the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot, and the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus...
was traditionally placed in this tribe, but this inclusion is incorrect. The closest relatives of the Budgerigar
Budgerigar
The Budgerigar , also known as Common Pet Parakeet or Shell Parakeet informally nicknamed the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot, and the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus...
are the lories and lorikeets.