The genus ''Polytelis'' (literally translates into 'magnificent') of the family
Psittaculidae consists of three species long-tailed
parrot endemic to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. Traditionally, it was included in the Australian
broad-tailed parrot
A broad-tailed parrot is any of about 35–40 species belonging to the tribe Platycercini. The members of the tribe are small to medium in size, and all are native to Australasia, Australia in particular, but also New Zealand, New Caledonia, and ...
s (tribe
Platycercini),
but molecular studies place the genus within the
Polytelini
The Polytelini tribe belongs to the parrot family Psittaculidae and consists of three genera.Joseph L., Alicia Toon, Erin E. Schirtzinger, Timothy F. Wright, Richard SchoddeA revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrot ...
.
A 2017 molecular study placed the regent parrot as an early offshoot to the genus ''Asprosmictus'' and not as closely related to the other two species.
Taxonomy
The genus has three species.
''Polytelis''
Wagler 1832
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Superb parrot
The superb parrot (''Polytelis swainsonii''), also known as Barraband's parrot, Barraband's parakeet, or green leek parrot, is a parrot native to south-eastern Australia. It is a dimorphic species and one of three species in the genus ''Polyte ...
or parakeet ''Polytelis swainsonii''
(Desmarest) 1826
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Regent parrot or parakeet ''Polytelis anthopeplus''
(Lear) 1831
:* ''Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus''
(Lear) 1831
:*''Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides''
Schodde 1993
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Princess parrot
The colourful princess parrot (''Polytelis alexandrae'') is an Australian bird of the parrot family. Its name was given in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who in 1863 married the Prince of Wales Edward VII and eventually became Quee ...
or Princess Of Wales (POW) parakeet ''Polytelis alexandrae''
Gould 1863
References
Psittaculini
Bird genera
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