Psittrichasiidae is a family of birds belonging to the superfamily of the true parrots (Psittacoidea).[1] It is a very small family, the smallest of the three families of the true parrots. It is divided into two subfamilies: Psittrichasinae and Coracopsinae,[1] that contain a single genus each. The first contains a single species, native to New Guinea, and the second contains four living species distributed throughout Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean.
| Psittrichasiidae | |
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| Pesquet's parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittrichasiidae Boetticher, 1959 |
| Subfamilies | |
Genera
editThe family Psittrichasiidae contains two subfamilies:
Subfamily Psittrichasinae:
- Genus Psittrichas
- Psittrichas fulgidus - Pesquet's parrot
Subfamily Coracopsinae
- Genus Coracopsis
- Coracopsis barklyi - Seychelles black parrot
- Coracopsis nigra - Lesser vasa parrot
- Coracopsis vasa - Greater vasa parrot
- Coracopsis sibilans - Comoros black parrot (split from Coracopsis nigra)
Recent studies indicate that the extinct Mascarene parrot (Mascarinus mascarinus) was closely related to the members of Coracopsis.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Leo Joseph, Alicia Toon, Erin E. Schirtzinger, Timothy F. Wright, Richard Schodde. 2012. A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes) Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Zootaxa 3205: 26–40.
- ^ 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. PMID 22019932
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