Broad-tailed parrot
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A broad-tailed parrot is any of about 35 species belonging to the subfamily Platycercinae. The members of the subfamily are small to medium in size, and all are native to Australasia, Australia in particular, but also New Zealand, New Caledonia, and nearby islands.
- FAMILY PSITTACIDAE
- * Subfamily Loriinae: lorikeets and lories
- * Subfamily Micropsittinae: pygmy parrots
- * Subfamily Psittacinae: Afrotropical parrots
- * Subfamily Psittrichadinae: Pesquet's Parrot
- * Subfamily Arinae: neotropical parrots
- * Subfamily Platycercinae
- ** Tribe Platycercini:
- *** Green Rosella, Platycercus caledonicus
- *** Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans
- *** Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius
- *** Pale-headed Rosella, Platycercus adscitus
- *** Northern Rosella, Platycercus venustus
- *** Western Rosella, Platycercus icterotis
- *** Australian Ringneck, Barnardius zonarius (includes Port Lincoln, Mallee Ringneck, Cloncurry and Twenty Eight subspecies)
- *** Red-capped Parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius
- *** Blue Bonnet, Northiella haematogaster
- *** Swift Parrot, Lathamus discolor
- *** Red-rumped Parrot, Psephotus haematonotus
- *** Mulga Parrot, Psephotus varius
- *** Golden-shouldered Parrot, Psephotus chrysoptergius
- *** Hooded Parrot, Psephotus dissimilis
- *** Paradise Parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus (extinct)
- *** Antipodes Island Parakeet, Cyanoramphus unicolor
- *** Red-crowned Parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
- *** Yellow-crowned Parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps
- ** Tribe Melopsittacini:
- *** Budgerigar, Meloppsittacus undulatis
- ** Tribe Neophemini:
- *** Bourke's Parrot, Neopsephotus bourkii
- *** Blue-winged Parrot, Neophema chrysostoma
- *** Elegant Parrot, Neophema elegans
- *** Rock Parrot, Neophema petrophilla
- *** Orange-bellied Parrot, Neophema chrysogaster
- *** Turquoise Parrot, Neophema pulchella
- *** Scarlet-chested Parrot, Neophema splendida
- ** Tribe Pezoporini:
- *** Ground Parrot, Pezoporus wallicus
- *** Night Parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis
- * Not placed in subfamily:
- ** Tribe Polytelini Incertae sedis: long-tailed parrots
- *** Superb Parrot, Polytelis swainsonii
- *** Regent Parrot, Polytelis anthopeplus
- *** Princess Parrot, Polytelis alexandrae
- * Subfamily Nestorinae: kakas
- * Subfamily Strigopinae: Kakapo
- * Unplaced tribe Psittaculini: paleotropic parrots
- * Unplaced tribe Cyclopsitticini: fig parrots
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