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).
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Neophema
The genus ''Neophema'' is an Australian genus with six or seven species. They are small, basically dull green parrots differentiated by patches of other colours, and are commonly known as grass parrots. The genus has some sexual dichromatism, wi ...
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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 mainland Australia. It is partly migratory, with populations of blue-winged ...
, ''Neophema chrysostoma''
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Elegant parrot
The elegant parrot (''Neophema elegans'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
It is endemic to Australia.
Naming and taxonomy
The elegant parrot was called ''carteri'', ''bilgir'', or ''koolyederong'' by Aboriginal peoples. Its ...
, ''Neophema elegans''
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Rock parrot
The rock parrot (''Neophema petrophila'') is a species of grass parrot native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1841, it is a small parrot long and weighing with predominantly olive-brown upperparts and more yellowish underparts. Its h ...
, ''Neophema petrophilla''
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Orange-bellied parrot
The orange-bellied parrot (''Neophema chrysogaster'') is a small parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only three species of parrot that migrate. It was described by John Latham in 1790. A small parrot around long, it exhibits sex ...
, ''Neophema chrysogaster''
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Turquoise parrot
The turquoise parrot (''Neophema pulchella'') is a species of parrot in the genus ''Neophema'' native to Eastern Australia, from southeastern Queensland, through New South Wales and into North-Eastern Victoria. It was described by George Shaw ...
, ''Neophema pulchella''
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Scarlet-chested parrot, ''Neophema splendida''
* Genus ''
Neopsephotus'' - sometimes included in ''Neophema''
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Bourke's parrot
Bourke's parrot (''Neopsephotus bourkii'', formerly known as ''Neophema bourkii''), also known as the blue-vented parrot, sundown parrot, pink-bellied parrot, Bourke's parakeet, Bourke or "Bourkie", is a small parrot found in Australia and the o ...
, ''Neopsephotus bourkii''
* Genus ''
Pezoporus
The genus ''Pezoporus'' contains three Australian species: the night parrot (''Pezoporus occidentalis'') and the cryptic ground parrots, the eastern ground parrot (''Pezoporus wallicus'') and the western ground parrot (''Pezoporus flaviventris'' ...
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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 pa ...
, ''Pezoporus wallicus''
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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 mor ...
, ''Pezoporus flaviventris''
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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''
References
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