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Pezoporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Psittacidae
Subfamily:Platycercinae
Tribe:Platycercini
Genus:Pezoporus
Illiger, 1811
Species


Pezoporus occidentalis
Pezoporus wallicus
Synonyms


Geopsittacus


The genus Pezoporus contains two Australian species: the Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) and the Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus). The former species was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus. It is considered a part of the tribe Platycercini or, if this is considered a subfamily, the monotypic tribe Pezoporini. Its closest relatives are some other small broad-tailed parrots, the genus Neophema and the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), and modern research suggests that the genus should not be considered a tribe of its own but included with these, if the broad-tailed parrots are raised to subfamily status (Christidis et al., 1991; Leeton et al., 1994).

Species list

References

  • Christidis, Leslie; Schodde, R.; Shaw, D. D. & Maynes, S. F. (1991): Relationships among the Australo-Papuan Parrots, Lorikeets, and Cockatoos (Aves, Psittaciformes): Protein Evidence. Condor 93(2): 302-317. PDF fulltext
  • Leeton, Peter R. J., Christidis, Leslie, Westerman, Michael & Boles, Walter E. (1994): Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Night Parrot (Geopsittacus occidentalis) and the Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus). Auk 111(4): 833-843 PDF fulltext
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Psittaciformes
Wagler, 1830

Systematics

(but see below)

Family Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Microglossinae (Palm Cockatoo)
  • Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae (dark cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Cacatuinae (white cockatoos)

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Psittacidae
Illiger, 1811

Subfamily
Loriinae (lories and lorikeets)
Psittacinae (typical parrots and allies)

The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae
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Platycercini

Genera

Prosopeia
Eunymphicus
Cyanoramphus
Platycercus
Barnardius
Purpureicephalus
Lathamus
Northiella
Psephotus
Neopsephotus

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Platycercini

Genera

Prosopeia
Eunymphicus
Cyanoramphus
Platycercus
Barnardius
Purpureicephalus
Lathamus
Northiella
Psephotus
Neopsephotus

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Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (November 19, 1775 - May 1813) was a German entomologist and zoologist.

Illiger was the son of a merchant in Brunswick. He studied under the entomologist Johann Hellwig, and later worked on the zoological collections of Johann Centurius
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P. occidentalis

Binomial name
Pezoporus occidentalis
(Gould, 1861)

Synonyms
Geopsittacus occidentalis The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis
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P. wallicus

Binomial name
Pezoporus wallicus
Kerr, 1792

The Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus
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In scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names used for a single taxon. Usage and terminology are different for zoology and botany.

Zoology

In zoological nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names that pertain to the same taxon, for example
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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P. occidentalis

Binomial name
Pezoporus occidentalis
(Gould, 1861)

Synonyms
Geopsittacus occidentalis The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis
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P. wallicus

Binomial name
Pezoporus wallicus
Kerr, 1792

The Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus
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In biology, a tribe—or infrafamily—is a rank between subfamily and genus, or between subfamily and subtribe, if that rank is used.


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Monotypic is an adjective that refers to a taxonomic group with only one type:
  • in botany it means that a taxon has only one species; Ginkgo is a monotypic genus, while Ginkgoaceae is a monotypic family.

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Neophema
Salvadori, 1891

Species
  • Neophema chrysostoma
  • Neophema elegans
  • Neophema petrophila
  • Neophema chrysogaster
  • Neophema pulchella
  • Neophema splendida

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Melopsittacus
Gould, 1840

Species: M. undulatus

Binomial name
Melopsittacus undulatus
(Shaw, 1805)

The Budgerigar (
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P. occidentalis

Binomial name
Pezoporus occidentalis
(Gould, 1861)

Synonyms
Geopsittacus occidentalis The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis
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P. wallicus

Binomial name
Pezoporus wallicus
Kerr, 1792

The Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus
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The Condor is the quarterly journal of the Cooper Ornithological Society. First published in 1899, it is one of the oldest ornithological journals in existence.

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  • List of journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology


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The Auk is a quarterly journal and the official publication of the American Ornithologists' Union, having been continuously published by that body since 1884. The journal contains articles relating scientific studies of the anatomy, behavior, and distribution of birds.
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