Psittaculini is a tribe of parrots of the family
Psittaculidae
Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of five subfamilies: Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae.
This family has been accepted into ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World' ...
. The subdivisions within the tribe are controversial.
Tribe Psittaculini
* Genus ''
Psittinus
''Psittinus'' is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It was formerly considered to include a single species, the blue-rumped parrot (''Psittinus cyanurus''), but the Simeulue parrot (''P. abbotti'') was split as a distinct species by t ...
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Blue-rumped parrot
The blue-rumped parrot (''Psittinus cyanurus'') is a parrot found in the very southern tip of Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands. It is a small parrot (18 cm) and is primarily green with bright red und ...
, ''Psittinus cyanurus''
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Simeulue parrot
The Simeulue parrot (''Psittinus abbotti'') is a parrot endemic to two small islands off Sumatra. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the blue-rumped parrot (''Psittinus cyanurus''), but is split by the HBW/BirdLife checklist, with the I ...
, ''Psittinus abbotti''
* Genus ''
Geoffroyus''
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Red-cheeked parrot
The red-cheeked parrot (''Geoffroyus geoffroyi'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the tip of northern Australia. There are 17 subspecies currently recognized. It is a stocky short-tail ...
, ''Geoffroyus geoffroyi''
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Blue-collared parrot
The blue-collared parrot (''Geoffroyus simplex'') also known as simple parrot, lilac-collared song parrot, or lilac-collared Geoffroy's parrot, is a parrot found in the higher elevations of New Guinea. It is found from 500 to 2300 m, mainly ...
, ''Geoffroyus simplex''
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Song parrot, ''Geoffroyus heteroclitus''
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Rennell parrot, ''Geoffroyus hyacinthinus''
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Prioniturus
The genus ''Prioniturus'', commonly known as racket-tails, contains nine parrot species found in the Philippines and Indonesia. They are easily distinguished from all other parrots by their elongated central tail feathers with the bare shaft and ...
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Montane racket-tail, ''Prioniturus montanus''
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Mindanao racket-tail
The Mindanao racket-tail (''Prioniturus waterstradti'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines. It was previously conspecific with the Luzon Racket-tail. Two subspecies are recognized: th ...
, ''Prioniturus waterstradti''
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Blue-headed racket-tail, ''Prioniturus platenae''
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Green racket-tail, ''Prioniturus luconensis''
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Blue-crowned racket-tail, ''Prioniturus discurus''
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Blue-winged racket-tail
The blue-winged racket-tail or Sulu racquet-tail (''Prioniturus verticalis'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
It is endemic to Tawi-Tawi island in the Philippines and is one of the most endangered parrots in the world. It is t ...
, ''Prioniturus verticalis'' (also known as Sulu Racquet-tail)
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Yellow-breasted racket-tail, ''Prioniturus flavicans''
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Golden-mantled racket-tail, ''Prioniturus platurus''
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Buru racket-tail
The Buru racket-tail (''Prioniturus mada''), is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to forest on the island of Buru, one of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
Description
The Buru racket-tail is a mainly green parrot abou ...
, ''Prioniturus mada''
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Mindoro racket-tail, ''Prioniturus mindorensis''
* Genus ''
Tanygnathus
''Tanygnathus'' is a genus of parrots in the Psittaculini tribe, of the superfamily of Psittacoidea (true parrots).
Its species are native to Southeast Asia and Melanesia.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Tanygnathus'' was introduced by the German natura ...
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Great-billed parrot
The great-billed parrot (''Tanygnathus megalorynchos'') also known as Moluccan parrot or island parrot, is a medium-sized, approximately 38 cm long, green parrot with a massive red bill, cream iris, blackish shoulders, olive green back, pale ...
, ''Tanygnathus megalorynchos''
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Blue-naped parrot
The blue-naped parrot (''Tanygnathus lucionensis''), also known as the blue-crowned green parrot, Luzon parrot, the Philippine green parrot, and locally known as pikoy, is a parrot found throughout the Philippines.
Taxonomy
In 1760 the French zoo ...
, ''Tanygnathus lucionensis''
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Blue-backed parrot, ''Tanygnathus sumatranus''
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Black-lored parrot
The black-lored parrot (''Tanygnathus gramineus'') also known as the Buru green parrot, is a parrot endemic to the Indonesian island of Buru. It is a long green parrot with black lores, and a turquoise crown. Males have red beaks, and females a ...
, ''Tanygnathus gramineus''
* Genus ''
Eclectus
''Eclectus'' is a genus of parrot, the Psittaciformes, which consists of two known species, the eclectus parrot ('' Eclectus roratus'') and the extinct '' Eclectus infectus'', the oceanic eclectus parrot. The extant eclectus parrot is a medium-s ...
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Eclectus parrot
The eclectus parrot (''Eclectus roratus'') is a parrot native to the Solomon Islands, Sumba, New Guinea and nearby islands, northeastern Australia, and the Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is unusual in the parrot family for its extreme sexual dimor ...
, ''Eclectus roratus''
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Oceanic eclectus parrot, ''Eclectus infectus'' (
extinct or
prehistoric)
* Genus ''
Psittacula
Members of the parrot genus ''Psittacula'' or Afro-Asian ring-necked parrots they are commonly known in aviculture originate from Africa to South-East Asia. It is a widespread group with a clear concentration of species in south Asia, but also ...
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Alexandrine parakeet
The Alexandrine parakeet (''Psittacula eupatria''), also known as the Alexandrine parrot, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittaculidae. It is named after Alexander the Great, who transported numerous birds from Pu ...
, ''Psittacula eupatria''
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Seychelles parakeet
The Seychelles parakeet or Seychelles Island parrot (''Psittacula wardi'') is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. It was scientifically named ''Palaeornis wardi'' by the British ornithologist Ed ...
, ''Psittacula wardi'' (
extinct)
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Rose-ringed parakeet
The rose-ringed parakeet (''Psittacula krameri''), also known as the ring-necked parakeet (more commonly known as the Indian ringneck parrot), is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula, of the family Psittacidae. It has disjunct native ran ...
, ''Psittacula krameri''
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Echo parakeet
The echo parakeet (''Psittacula eques'') is a species of parrot endemic to the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and formerly Réunion. It is the only living native parrot of the Mascarene Islands; all others have become extinct due to human activ ...
, ''Psittacula eques''
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Réunion parakeet, ''Psittacula eques eques'' (
extinct)
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Newton's parakeet
Newton's parakeet (''Psittacula exsul''), also known as the Rodrigues parakeet or Rodrigues ring-necked parakeet, is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues in the western Indian Ocean. Several of it ...
, ''Psittacula exsul'' (
extinct)
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Slaty-headed parakeet
The slaty-headed parakeet (''Psittacula himalayana'') is the only psittacid species to exhibit altitudinal migration. The species' range extends from Pakistan, to Western Himalayas in India through Nepal and Bhutan and up to the Eastern Himalayas ...
, ''Psittacula himalayana''
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Grey-headed parakeet
The grey-headed parakeet (''Psittacula finschii'') is closely related to the slaty-headed parakeet which together form a super-species. It is found in Southeast Asia from north-eastern India to Vietnam.
The binomial of this bird commemorates the ...
, ''Psittacula finschii''
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Plum-headed parakeet
The plum-headed parakeet (''Psittacula cyanocephala'') is a parakeet in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent and was once thought to be conspecific with the blossom-headed parakeet (''Psittacula roseata'') but was late ...
, ''Psittacula cyanocephala''
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Blossom-headed parakeet
The blossom-headed parakeet (''Psittacula roseata'') is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
Taxonomy
The species is divided into two subspecies:
*''Psittacula roseata juneae'' Biswas, 1951 (S Myanmar and Thailand to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam)
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, ''Psittacula roseata''
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Blue-winged parakeet
The blue-winged parakeet, also known as the Malabar parakeet (''Psittacula columboides'') is a species of parakeet endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. Found in small flocks, they fly rapidly in forest clearings while making screech ...
, ''Psittacula columboides''
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Layard's parakeet, ''Psittacula calthropae''
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Lord Derby's parakeet, ''Psittacula derbiana''
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Red-breasted parakeet, ''Psittacula alexandri''
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Nicobar parakeet
The Nicobar parakeet (''Psittacula caniceps''), also known as the Blyth's parakeet, is a parrot in the genus ''Psittacula'', endemic to the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean. It is one of the largest parakeets, measuring 56 to 60 cm from ...
, ''Psittacula caniceps''
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Long-tailed parakeet, ''Psittacula longicauda''
* Genus ''
Lophopsittacus'' (
extinct)
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Mauritius grey parrot, ''Lophopsittacus (disputed) bensoni''
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Broad-billed parrot
The broad-billed parrot or raven parrot (''Lophopsittacus mauritianus'') is a large extinct parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. It is unclear what othe ...
, ''Lophopsittacus mauritianus'' (
extinct)
* Genus ''
Necropsittacus'' (
extinct)
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Rodrigues parrot ''Necropsittacus rodericanus'' (
extinct)
References
Australian Biological Resources Study
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Bird tribes
Psittaculinae