The genus ''Pezoporus'' contains three

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n species: the

night parrot The night parrot (''Pezoporus occidentalis'') is a small parrot endemic to the continent of Australia. It has also been known as porcupine parrot, nocturnal ground parakeet, midnight cockatoo, solitaire, spinifex parrot and night parakeet. It i ...

(''Pezoporus occidentalis'') and the cryptic ground parrots, the

eastern ground parrot The eastern ground parrot (''Pezoporus wallicus'') of Australia is one of only five ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being its closest relatives, the western ground parrot (''Pezoporus flaviventris''), the extremely rare night par ...

(''Pezoporus wallicus'') and the

western ground parrot The western ground parrot (''Pezoporus flaviventris''; Noongar name ''kyloring'') is an endangered species of parrot endemic to Western Australia and is a close relative of the eastern ground parrot (''Pezoporus wallicus'') and the somewhat more ...

(''Pezoporus flaviventris''). The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, ''Geopsittacus''. The genus is part of the

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Pezoporini The tribe Pezoporini is the sister clade of the tribe Platycercini that contains the broad-tailed parrots. Taxonomy The inclusion of the following taxon is based on the paper by Joseph ''et al.'' (2012). * Genus ''Neophema'' ** Blue-winged parr ...

Species list

*Genus ''Pezoporus''

References

Bird genera Broad-tailed parrots {{parrot-stub