Broad-tailed parrot

Taxobox
name = Platycercinae


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image_caption = A pair of "Red-rumped Parrots"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
subfamilia = Psittacinae
tribus = Platycercini
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Prosopeia"
"Eunymphicus"
"Cyanoramphus"
"Platycercus"
"Barnardius"
"Purpureicephalus"
"Lathamus"
"Northiella"
"Psephotus"
"Neopsephotus"
"Neophema"
"Melopsittacus"
"Pezoporus"

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

Current opinion is apparently starting to lean towards treatment as a subfamily. mtDNA sequence data suggests that the broad-tailed parrots form a distinct lineage as ancient as the cockatoos, lories and lorikeets. In addition, the genus "Polytelis" (and conceivably "Alisterus" and "Aprosmictus" also) might belong here too.cite journal | author = Miyaki, C. Y.; Matioli, S. R.; Burke, T. & Wajntal, A. | year = 1998 | title = Parrot evolution and paleogeographical events: Mitochondrial DNA evidence | journal = Molecular Biology and Evolution | volume = 15 | issue = 5 | pages = 544–551 | url = http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/15/5/544.pdf]

If the group is treated as a subfamily, the last genera "Neopsephotus"/"Neophema" (and possibly including "Psephotus" and relatives), "Melopsittacus" and "Pezoporus" are usually considered to form a distinct tribe from the rest, the Neophemini. It appears as if they do at least form a distinct clade.

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

* Genus "Eunymphicus"
** Horned Parakeet, "Eunymphicus cornutus"
** Uvea Parakeet, "Eunymphicus uvaeensis"

* Genus "Cyanoramphus"
** Black-fronted Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus zealandicus" (extinct, c.1850)
** Society Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus ulietanus" (extinct, late 18th century)
** Antipodes Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus unicolor"
** Red-crowned Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae"
** Subantarctic Red-crowned Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus erythrotis"
*** Reischek's Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus (erythrotis) hochstetteri"
** Yellow-fronted Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus auriceps"
** Chatham Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus forbesi"
** Malherbe's Parakeet, "Cyanoramphus malherbi"

* 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 (adscitus) eximius"
** Northern Rosella, "Platycercus venustus"

* Genus "Barnardius" - sometimes included in "Platycercus"
** Australian Ringneck, "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, "Purpureicephalus spurius"

* Genus "Lathamus"
** Swift Parrot, "Lathamus discolor"

* Genus "Northiella" - often included in "Psephotus"
** Blue Bonnet, "Northiella haematogaster"

* Genus "Psephotus"
** Red-rumped Parrot, "Psephotus haematonotus"
** Mulga Parrot, "Psephotus varius"
** Golden-shouldered Parrot, "Psephotus chrysoptergius"
** Hooded Parrot, "Psephotus dissimilis"
** Paradise Parrot, "Psephotus pulcherrimus" (extinct, late 1920s)

* Genus "Melopsittacus"
** Budgerigar, "Melopsittacus undulatus"

* Genus "Neopsephotus" - sometimes included in "Neophema"
** Bourke's Parrot, "Neopsephotus bourkii"

* Genus "Neophema"
** Blue-winged Parrot, "Neophema chrysostoma"
** Elegant Parrot, "Neophema elegans"
** Rock Parrot, "Neophema petrophilla"
** Orange-bellied Parrot, "Neophema chrysogaster"
** Turquoise Parrot, "Neophema pulchella"
** Scarlet-chested Parrot, "Neophema splendida"

* Genus "Pezoporus"
** Ground Parrot, "Pezoporus wallicus"
** Night Parrot, "Pezoporus occidentalis" - formerly "Geopsittacus"

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