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A broad-tailed parrot is any of about 35–40 species
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....
 belonging to the tribe
Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe — or infrafamily — is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes....
 Platycercini, sometimes considered a subfamily (Platycercinae). The members of the subfamily are small to medium in size, and all are native to Australasia
Australasia

Australasia is a region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua 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 Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 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 Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, New Caledonia
New Caledonia

New Caledonia , is a "sui generis collectivity" of France located in the subregion of Melanesia in the Oceania. It comprises a main island , the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands....
, and nearby islands.

Current opinion is apparently starting to lean towards treatment as a subfamily. mtDNA sequence
DNA sequence

A DNA sequence or genetic sequence is a succession of letters representing the primary structure of a real or hypothetical DNA molecule or strand, with the capacity to carry information as described by the central dogma of molecular biology....
 data suggests that the broad-tailed parrots form a distinct lineage as ancient as the cockatoo
Cockatoo

A cockatoo is any of the 21 bird species belonging to the family Cacatuidae. Along with the Psittacidae family and the Nestoridae family, they make up the order Psittaciformes....
s, lories and lorikeets.






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A broad-tailed parrot is any of about 35–40 species
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....
 belonging to the tribe
Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe — or infrafamily — is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes....
 Platycercini, sometimes considered a subfamily (Platycercinae). The members of the subfamily are small to medium in size, and all are native to Australasia
Australasia

Australasia is a region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua 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 Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 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 Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, New Caledonia
New Caledonia

New Caledonia , is a "sui generis collectivity" of France located in the subregion of Melanesia in the Oceania. It comprises a main island , the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands....
, and nearby islands.

Current opinion is apparently starting to lean towards treatment as a subfamily. mtDNA sequence
DNA sequence

A DNA sequence or genetic sequence is a succession of letters representing the primary structure of a real or hypothetical DNA molecule or strand, with the capacity to carry information as described by the central dogma of molecular biology....
 data suggests that the broad-tailed parrots form a distinct lineage as ancient as the cockatoo
Cockatoo

A cockatoo is any of the 21 bird species belonging to the family Cacatuidae. Along with the Psittacidae family and the Nestoridae family, they make up the order Psittaciformes....
s, lories and lorikeets. In addition, the genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Polytelis
Polytelis

The genus Polytelis of the family Psittacidae consists of three species long-tailed parrot Endemism in birds to Australia. It is not clear whether they belong to the Psittaculini, or the Australian Broad-tailed parrots....
 (and conceivably Alisterus
Alisterus

The king parrots are three species of parrots in the genus Alisterus.It contains the following species:* Australian King Parrot * Papuan King Parrot ...
 and Aprosmictus
Aprosmictus

Aprosmictus is a genus of parrots in the Psittacidae family. Several former members, including the Australian King Parrot are now placed in the genus Alisterus....
 also) might belong here too.

If the group is treated as a subfamily, the last genera Neopsephotus/Neophema
Neophema

The 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....
 (and possibly including Psephotus
Psephotus

The genus Psephotus has five species of parakeets from Australia. All species show considerable sexual dimorphism....
 and relatives), Melopsittacus and Pezoporus
Pezoporus

The genus Pezoporus contains two Australian species: the Night Parrot and the Ground Parrot . The former species was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus....
 are usually considered to form a distinct tribe from the rest, the Neophemini
Neophemini

The tribe Neophemini contains two genera, Neophema and Neopsephotus and belongs to the subfamily Platycercinae, or Broad-tailed parrots....
. It appears as if they do at least form a distinct clade
Clade

A clade is a term used in modern alpha taxonomy, the scientific classification of living and fossil organisms, to describe a monophyletic group, defined as a group consisting of a single common ancestor and all its descendants.The term "monophyletic group" is used in this article in the conventional sense of "an a...
.

TRIBE PLATYCERCINI
  • Genus Prosopeia
    • Crimson Shining Parrot, Prosopeia splendens
    • Masked Shining Parrot, Prosopeia personata
    • Red Shining Parrot, Prosopeia tabuensis


  • Genus Eunymphicus
    Eunymphicus

    Eunymphicus is a genus of parrot in the Psittacidae family. The genus is endemism to New Caledonia and the surrounding islands, and is closely related to the Cyanoramphus parakeets of Oceania....
    • Horned Parakeet
      Horned Parakeet

      The Horned Parakeet 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
    • Uvea Parakeet
      Uvea Parakeet

      The Uvea Parakeet, or Ouvea Parakeet, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is Endemism to the island of Ouv?a in the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia....
      , Eunymphicus uvaeensis


  • Genus Cyanoramphus
    Cyanoramphus

    Cyanoramphus 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 kakariki....
    • Black-fronted Parakeet
      Black-fronted Parakeet

      The extinct Black-fronted Parakeet or Tahiti Parakeet was Endemic to the Pacific island of Tahiti. Its Tahitian language name was simply ?a?a according to Latham though White gives "aa-maha"....
      , Cyanoramphus zealandicus (extinct, c.1850)
    • Society Parakeet
      Society Parakeet

      The Society Parakeet is an extinct parakeet of the genus Cyanoramphus....
      , Cyanoramphus ulietanus (extinct, late 18th century)
    • Antipodes Parakeet, Cyanoramphus unicolor
    • Red-crowned Parakeet
      Red-crowned Parakeet

      The Red-crowned Parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae, is a small species of parrot from New Zealand. The species was once lumping and splitting 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
    • Subantarctic Red-crowned Parakeet
      Subantarctic Red-crowned Parakeet

      Subantarctic Red-crowned Parakeet may refer to:* Macquarie Island Parakeet* Reischek's Parakeet...
      , Cyanoramphus erythrotis
      • Reischek's Parakeet
        Reischek's Parakeet

        Reischek?s Parakeet is a small green parrot confined to 21 square kilometre Antipodes Islands, one of New Zealand?s subantarctic islands, which it shares with a congener, the larger Antipodes Island Parakeet....
        , Cyanoramphus (erythrotis) hochstetteri
    • Yellow-fronted Parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps
    • Chatham Parakeet, Cyanoramphus forbesi
    • Malherbe's Parakeet
      Malherbe's Parakeet

      The Malherbe's Parakeet, Cyanoramphus malherbi, is a small parrot endemism to New Zealand. In New Zealand it is commonly known as the Orange-fronted Parakeet, a name it shares with a Orange-fronted Parakeet....
      , Cyanoramphus malherbi


  • Genus Platycercus
    • Western Rosella
      Western Rosella

      The 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 Southwest Australia of Australia....
      , Platycercus icterotis
    • Crimson Rosella
      Crimson Rosella

      The 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....
      , Platycercus elegans
      • Adelaide Rosella, Platycercus (elegans) adelaidae
      • Yellow Rosella, Platycercus (elegans) flaveolus
    • Green Rosella
      Green Rosella

      The Green Rosella or Tasmanian Rosella is endemic to Tasmania. At 36 cm , it is the largest of the Rosellas. The male and female are similar in plumage, being predominantly green and yellow in colour with blue cheeks....
      , Platycercus caledonicus
    • Pale-headed Rosella
      Pale-headed Rosella

      The Pale-headed Rosella , also known as the Mealy Rosella, Moreton bay Rosella or Blue Rosella, is a parrot native to eastern Australia....
      , Platycercus adscitus
      • Eastern Rosella
        Eastern Rosella

        The Eastern Rosella is a rosella native to southeast Australia and 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....
        , Platycercus (adscitus) eximius
    • Northern Rosella
      Northern Rosella

      The 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....
      , Platycercus venustus


  • Genus Barnardius - sometimes included in Platycercus
    • Australian Ringneck
      Australian Ringneck

      The Australian Ringneck is a parrot native to Australia. Except for extreme tropical and highland areas, the species has adapted to all conditions....
      , Barnardius barnardius (Mallee's Australian-Ringneck Parakeet and it's Cloncurry's ssp.) Barnardius zonarius (Port-Lincoln's Australian-Ringnecked Parakeet and it's Twenty-Eight ssp.)


  • Genus Purpureicephalus
    • Red-capped Parrot
      Red-capped Parrot

      The 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....
      , Purpureicephalus spurius


  • Genus Lathamus
    • Swift Parrot
      Swift Parrot

      The Swift Parrot breeds in Tasmania and migrates north to south eastern Australia from Griffith-Warialda in Queensland and west to Adelaide in the winter....
      , Lathamus discolor


  • Genus Northiella - often included in Psephotus
    • Blue Bonnet, Northiella haematogaster


  • Genus Psephotus
    Psephotus

    The genus Psephotus has five species of parakeets from Australia. All species show considerable sexual dimorphism....
    • Red-rumped Parrot
      Red-rumped Parrot

      The Red-rumped Parrot , also known variously as the Red-backed Parrot, Red-winged Parrot, Crimson-winged Parrot, Blood-winged Parrot or Grass Parrot, is a common bird of south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin....
      , Psephotus haematonotus
    • Mulga Parrot
      Mulga Parrot

      The Mulga Parrot , also known as the Many-coloured Parrot, is endemic in arid scrublands and lightly timbered grasslands in the interior of southern Australia....
      , Psephotus varius
    • Golden-shouldered Parrot
      Golden-shouldered Parrot

      The Golden-shouldered Parrot is a rare Aves 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 of the Northern Territory and the apparently Extinction Paradise Parrot of Queensland and New South Wa...
      , Psephotus chrysoptergius
    • Hooded Parrot
      Hooded Parrot

      The 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....
      , Psephotus dissimilis
    • Paradise Parrot
      Paradise Parrot

      The Paradise Parrot was an unusually colourful medium-sized parrot native to the grassy woodlands of the Queensland - New South Wales border area of northeastern Australia....
      , Psephotus pulcherrimus (extinct, late 1920s)


  • Genus Melopsittacus
    • Budgerigar
      Budgerigar

      The 'budgerigar' , is a small parrot belonging to the tribe of the broad-tailed parrots ; sometimes considered a subfamily . It is the only species in the Australian genus 'Melopsittacus' and sometimes isolated in a tribe of its own, the 'Melopsittacini', although it is probably quite closely related to Pezoporus and Neophe...
      , Melopsittacus undulatus


  • Genus Neopsephotus - sometimes included in Neophema
    • Bourke's Parrot
      Bourke's Parrot

      The 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


  • Genus Neophema
    Neophema

    The 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 Parrot
      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 Australia....
      , Neophema chrysostoma
    • Elegant Parrot
      Elegant Parrot

      The Elegant Parrot is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is Endemism to Australia....
      , Neophema elegans
    • Rock Parrot
      Rock Parrot

      The Rock Parrot , known alternately as Rock Elegant, is a parrot endemic to coastal South Australia and southern Western Australia, as well as offshore islands....
      , Neophema petrophilla
    • Orange-bellied Parrot
      Orange-bellied Parrot

      The Orange-bellied Parrot is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to Australia.The adult male is distinguished by its bright grass-green upperparts, yellow underparts and orange belly patch....
      , Neophema chrysogaster
    • Turquoise Parrot
      Turquoise Parrot

      The 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 Parrot
      Scarlet-chested Parrot

      The 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


  • Genus Pezoporus
    Pezoporus

    The genus Pezoporus contains two Australian species: the Night Parrot and the Ground Parrot . The former species was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus....
    • Ground Parrot
      Ground Parrot

      The Ground Parrot is one of only four ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being its closest relative, the extremely rare Night Parrot , the somewhat closely related Antipodes Island Parakeet , and the unrelated highly endangered Kakapo from New Zealand....
      , Pezoporus wallicus
    • Night Parrot
      Night Parrot

      The 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 Ground Parrot....
      , Pezoporus occidentalis - formerly Geopsittacus