Kingdom Animalia Family Psittaculidae Tribe Platycercini Higher classification Psittacinae Rank Genus | Superfamily Psittacoidea Subfamily Platycercinae Scientific name Psephotus Phylum Chordata Order Parrot | |
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Lower classifications Red‑rumped parrot, Mulga parrot, Hooded parrot, Golden‑shouldered parrot, Paradise parrot | ||
Mulga parrot psephotus varius bird sightings western australia
Psephotus is a genus of five species of Australian parakeets. All species show considerable sexual dimorphism. The genus is highly likely to be polyphyletic; a molecular study analysing nuclear and mitochondrial DNA found that the red-rumped parrot was an early offshoot in a clade of several genera of broad-tailed parrot, with the other species nested deeply within.
Contents
- Mulga parrot psephotus varius bird sightings western australia
- Hooded parrot psephotus dissimilis
- Systematics
- References
Hooded parrot psephotus dissimilis
Systematics
Subgenus Psephotus:
Subgenus Psephotellus:
Subgenus Psephotellus along with the Mulga parrot is now thought to be a separate genus according to BirdLife International and IUCN
References
Psephotus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA