Parakeets
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Pezoporus flaviventris |
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The parakeets ( Pezoporus ) are a genus of Australian parrots. It consists of the night parakeet ( Pezoporus occidentalis ) and the ground parakeet ( Pezoporus wallicus ).
features
Parakeets are medium-sized parrots with an average length of 25-30 centimeters. The main feature of the parakeets is their green body, which is covered with black transverse waves. These are created by the wide black fringing of the feathers. In addition, the plumage of the ventral side, parts of the wings and parts of the tail feathers are yellowish. Furthermore, common features are the dark gray beak, the gray nasal skin, the light brown legs and the thick head. Only the Parakeet and the Western Parakeet have a red forehead.
distribution
The genus inhabits the Australian continent mainly on the southern coasts, as well as western Tasmania .
Systematics
The genus is considered to be part of the Platycercini tribe , or alternatively as a subfamily Pezoporinae within the monotypical Pezoporini tribe. The closest relatives are the grass parakeets ( Neophema ) and probably the budgie ( Melopsittacus undulatus ). More recent research gives rise to the assumption that this genus does not belong to its own tribe, but to the Platycercini tribe.
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Ground Parakeet ( Pezoporus wallicus )
- Pezoporus wallicus wallicus
- Pezoporus wallicus leachi
- Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris
- Night Parakeet ( Pezoporus occidentalis )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leeton, Peter RJ, 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): pp. 833–843 PDF full text
- ↑ Christidis', Leslie; Schodde, R .; Shaw, DD & Maynes, SF (1991): Relationships among the Australo-Papuan Parrots, Lorikeets, and Cockatoos (Aves, Psittaciformes): Protein Evidence. Condor 93 (2): pp. 302-317. PDF full text
literature
- Richard Schodde, IJ Mason, WWK Houston, A. Wells, Australian Biological Resources Study, CSIRO (Australia): Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae) . CSIRO Publishing, 1997. ISBN 9780643060371
- Thomas Arndt: Lexicon of Parrots . 2001. Arndt Verlag
- Joseph M. Forshaw: Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide . Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, and Woodstock, United Kingdom, 2006. ISBN 978-0-691-09251-5
- Del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. (Editors) (1997). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos . Lynx Edicions. ISBN 8487334229
- Klaus Immelmann, Dieter Vogels: The Australian flat-tailed parakeets . The new Brehm library, Volume 334. ISBN 3-89432-354-X
