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Psittaciformes

Psittacidae

Parrots, Cockatoos, Lories, Lorikeets

John Harshman
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taxon links [up-->]Coracopsis [up-->]Loriinae [up-->]Arini [up-->]Psittacus erithacus [up-->]Cacatuinae [up-->]Micropsitta [up-->]Strigops habroptila [up-->]Psittaculirostris [up-->]Platycercini [up-->]Melopsittacus undulatus [up-->]Geoffroyus [up-->]Cyclopsitta [up-->]Neopsephotus bourkii [up-->]Bolbopsittacus lunulatus [up-->]Poicephalus [up-->]Loriculus [up-->]Psittrichas fulgidus [up-->]Psittacella [up-->]Psittaculini [up-->]Nestor [up-->]Agapornis Monophyly Uncertain[down<--]'Land Birds' Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after de Kloet and de Kloet 2005.

Containing group: 'Land Birds'

Other Names for Psittacidae

References

Brightsmith, D. J. 2005. Competition, predation and nest niche shifts among tropical cavity nesters: phylogeny and natural history evolution of parrots (Psittaciformes) and trogons (Trogoniformes). Journal of Avian Biology 36:64-73.

Collar, N.J. 1997. Psittacidae (Parrots). Pages 280-477 in Handbook of the Birds of the World. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. BirdLife International and Lynx Editions, Cambridge, UK and Barcelona.

de Kloet, R. S. and S. R. de Kloet. 2005. The evolution of the spindlin gene in birds: Sequence analysis of an intron of the spindlin W and Z gene reveals four major divisions of the Psittaciformes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36:706-721.

Forshaw, J. M. 2006. Parrots of the World. Princeton University Press.

Forshaw, J. and W. T. Cooper. 2002 Australian Parrots, 3rd edn. Robina Press, Queensland, Australia.

Higgins, P. J. 1999 Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, vol. 4: Parrots to Dollarbird. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia.

Juniper, T. and M. Parr. 1998. Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven.

Miyaki, C. Y., S. R. Matioli, T. Burke, and A. Wajntal. 1998. Parrot evolution and paleogeographical events: mitochondrial DNA evidence. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15:544-551.

Wright, T. F., E. E. Schirtzinger, T. Matsumoto, J. R. Eberhard, G. R. Graves, J. J. Sanchez, S. Capelli, H. Muller, J. Scharpegge, G. K. Chambers, and R. C. Fleischer. 2008. A multilocus molecular phylogeny of the parrots (Psittaciformes): Support for a Gondwanan origin during the Cretaceous. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25(10):2141-2156; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn160.

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Location Canberra, ACT, Australia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source sulphur-crested cockatoo
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Pierre Pouliquin
Location captive at Sedgwick County Zoo
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Brent Danley
Scientific Name Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Location Kalinga Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source 137 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Jenny
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Harshman, John. 2007. Psittaciformes. Psittacidae. Parrots, Cockatoos, Lories, Lorikeets. Version 31 August 2007 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Psittacidae/26406/2007.08.31 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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