''Neopsittacus'' is a genus of
parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoid ...
in 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 genus contains two species, both of which are native to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Neopsittacus'' contains two species and several subspecies:
''Neopsittacus''
Salvadori 1875
*''Neopsittacus musschenbroekii''
(Schlegel 1871) (
yellow-billed lorikeet)
** ''Neopsittacus musschenbroekii major''
Neumann 1924
** ''Neopsittacus musschenbroekii musschenbroekii''
(Schlegel 1871)
*''Neopsittacus pullicauda''
Hartert 1896 (
orange-billed lorikeet)
** ''Neopsittacus pullicauda alpinus''
Ogilvie-Grant 1914
** ''Neopsittacus pullicauda pullicauda''
Hartert 1896
** ''Neopsittacus pullicauda socialis''
Mayr 1931
References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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