Psittaculidae

Family of birds

Psittaculidae

Rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Psittaciformes
Superfamily:  | Psittacoidea
Family:  | Psittaculidae
Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies

* Agapornithinae
* Loriinae
* Platycercinae
* Psittacellinae
* Psittaculinae
* Psittrichasinae

Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of six subfamilies: Psittrichasinae, Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae.

## Taxonomy[edit]

The following cladogram shows how the family Psittaculidae relates to the three other families in the order Psittaciformes. The tree is based on the work by Leo Joseph and collaborators published in 2012 but with the choice of families and the number of species in each family taken from the list maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), now the International Ornithologists' Union.[1][2] Joseph and collaborators proposed that the genera Psittrichas and Coracopsis  should be placed in their own family, Psittrichasidae.[1] This proposal has not been adopted by taxonomists involved in curating lists of the world birds and instead these two genera are included in an expanded family Psittaculidae.[2][3][4][5]

Psittaciformes |  |  |

Strigopidae – New Zealand parrots (4 species)

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Cacatuidae – Cockatoos (21 species)

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Psittacidae – African and New World parrots (181 species)

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Psittaculidae – Old World parrots (204 species)

The family Psittaculidae contains 204 species and is divided into 54 genera. Included are 13 species that have become extinct in historical times.[2] The following cladogram showing the generic relationships is based on a molecular phylogenetic study by Brian Smith and collaborators that was published in 2023. In the analysis two pairs of genera were found not to be monophyletic. These were Psittacula with Tanygnathus and Cyclopsitta with Psittaculirostris.[6] The number of species in each genus is taken from the IOC list.[2]

Psittaculidae |  | Psittrichasinae |  |  |

Psittrichas – Pesquet's parrot

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Coracopsis – parrots (4 species)

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Micropsitta – pygmy parrots (6 species)

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Alisterus – king parrots (3 species)

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Aprosmictus – parrots (2 species)

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Polytelis – parrots (3 species)

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Prioniturus – racket-tails (10 species)

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Eclectus – eclectus parrots (5 species)

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Geoffroyus – parrots (3 species)

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Psittinus – parrots (2 species)

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Psittacula, Tanygnathus – parakeets, parrots (16 + 5 species)

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Psittacella – tiger parrots (4 species)

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Pezoporus – parrots (3 species)

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Neopsephotus – Bourke's parrot

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Neophema – parrots (6 species)

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Lathamus – swift parrot

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Prosopeia – shining parrots (3 species)

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Eunymphicus – parakeets (2 species)

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Cyanoramphus – parakeets (12 species)

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Barnardius – Australian ringneck

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Platycercus – rosellas (6 species)

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Psephotus – red-rumped parrot

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Northiella – bluebonnets (2 species)

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Purpureicephalus – red-capped parrot

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Psephotellus – parrots (4 species)

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Bolbopsittacus – guaiabero

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Agapornis – lovebirds (9 species)

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Loriculus – hanging parrots (15 species)

Loriinae |  |  |

Cyclopsitta, Psittaculirostris – fig parrots (4, 3 species)

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Melopsittacus – budgerigar

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Oreopsittacus – plum-faced lorikeet

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Charminetta – pygmy lorikeet

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Hypocharmosyna – lorikeets (2 species)

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Charmosynopsis – lorikeets (2 species)

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Synorhacma – striated lorikeet

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Charmosyna – lorikeets (3 species)

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Charmosynoides – duchess lorikeet

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Vini – lorikeets (11 species)

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Neopsittacus – lorikeets (2 species)

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Lorius – lories (6 species)

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Psitteuteles – varied lorikeet

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Parvipsitta – lorikeets (2 species)

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Pseudeos – lories (2 species)

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Chalcopsitta – lories (3 species)

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Glossoptilus – Goldie's lorikeet

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Saudareos – lorikeets (5 species)

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Eos – lories (6 species)

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Glossopsitta – musk lorikeet

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Trichoglossus – lorikeets (10 species)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Joseph, L.; Toon, A.; Schirtzinger, E.E.; Wright, T.F.; Schodde, R. (2012). "A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes)". Zootaxa. 3205 (1): 26–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3205.1.2.
2. ^ a b c d Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
3. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V., Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
4. ^ Clements, J.F.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Fredericks, T.A.; Gerbracht, J.A.; Lepage, D.; Billerman, S.M.; Sullivan, B.L.; Wood, C.L. (2022). "The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2022". Retrieved 18 June 2023.
5. ^ "HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7". Birdlife International. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
6. ^ Smith, B.T.; Merwin, J.; Provost, K.L.; Thom, G.; Brumfield, R.T.; Ferreira, M.; Mauck, W.M.I.; Moyle, R.G.; Wright, T.F.; Joseph, L. (2023). "Phylogenomic analysis of the parrots of the world distinguishes artifactual from biological sources of gene tree discordance". Systematic Biology. 72 (1): 228–241. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac055.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7256090
* Wikispecies: Psittaculidae
* BioLib: 1140343
* BOLD: 743432
* EoL: 28559835
* Fossilworks: 368376
* GBIF: 8482797
* iNaturalist: 367704
* NBN: NHMSYS0021253859
* NCBI: 1545690

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