Psittrichasiidae is a family of birds belonging to the superfamily of the true parrots (

Psittacoidea The true parrots are about 350 species of hook-billed, mostly herbivorous birds forming the superfamily Psittacoidea, one of the three superfamilies in the biological order Psittaciformes (parrots). True parrots are widespread, with species in ...

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A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes)
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, the smallest of the three families of the true parrots. It is divided into two subfamilies: Psittrichasinae and Coracopsinae, that contain a single genus each. The first contains a single species, native to

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, and the second contains four living species distributed throughout

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and other islands of the

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Genera

The family Psittrichasiidae contains two subfamilies: Subfamily Psittrichasinae: * Genus

Psittrichas Pesquet's parrot (''Psittrichas fulgidus''), also known as the Dracula parrot or as the vulturine parrot (leading to easy confusion with '' Pyrilia vulturina'' from Brazil), is the only member of its genus. It is endemic to hill and montane rain ...

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Psittrichas fulgidus Pesquet's parrot (''Psittrichas fulgidus''), also known as the Dracula parrot or as the vulturine parrot (leading to easy confusion with '' Pyrilia vulturina'' from Brazil), is the only member of its genus. It is endemic to hill and montane rai ...

'' - Pesquet's parrot Subfamily Coracopsinae * Genus '' Coracopsis'' ** ''

Coracopsis barklyi The Seychelles black parrot, Praslin parrot or kato nwar (''Coracopsis barklyi'') is a sombre-coloured, medium-sized parrot endemic to the Seychelles. Historically, it has been treated as a subspecies of the lesser vasa parrot, although it shows ...

'' - Seychelles black parrot ** ''

Coracopsis nigra The lesser vasa parrot or black parrot (''Coracopsis nigra'') is a black coloured parrot endemic to most of Madagascar. It is one of four species of vasa parrots, the others being the greater vasa parrot ''C. vasa'', the Seychelles black parrot ( ...

'' - Lesser vasa parrot ** ''

Coracopsis vasa The greater vasa parrot (''Coracopsis vasa'') is one of two species of vasa parrot, the other being the lesser vasa parrot ''C. nigra''. The greater vasa parrot can be found throughout Madagascar and the Comoros. Taxonomy The bird was describ ...

'' - Greater vasa parrot ** ''

Coracopsis sibilans The Comoros black parrot (''Coracopsis sibilans'') is a medium-sized parrot endemic to the Comoros. Historically, it has been treated as a subspecies of the lesser vasa parrot, although it shows morphological, ecological and behavioural differ ...

'' - Comoros black parrot (split from ''Coracopsis nigra'') Recent studies indicate that the extinct

Mascarene parrot The Mascarene parrot or mascarin (''Mascarinus mascarinus'') is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean. The taxonomic relationships of this species have been subject to deb ...

(''Mascarinus mascarinus'') was closely related to the members of ''Coracopsis''.Kundu, S.; Jones, C. G.; Prys-Jones, R. P.; Groombridge, J. J. (2011). "The evolution of the Indian Ocean parrots (Psittaciformes): Extinction, adaptive radiation and eustacy". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): 296–305. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.025.

References

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