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{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Pezoporus''
| name = ''Pezoporus''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Pezoporus
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| authority = [[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1811
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| type_species = ''[[Ground parrot|Psittacus formosus]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/checklist?viewfamilies=218 |title= Psittaculidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-24}}</ref>
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| type_species_authority = Latham, 1790
| ordo = [[Psittaciformes]]
| superfamilia = [[Psittacoidea]]
| familia = [[Psittaculidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Psittaculinae]]
| tribus = [[Pezoporini]]
| genus = '''''Pezoporus'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1811
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| subdivision = ''[[Pezoporus occidentalis]]''<br />
''[[Pezoporus occidentalis]]''<br>
''[[Pezoporus wallicus]]''<br />
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| synonyms = ''Geopsittacus''
''[[Pezoporus wallicus]]''<br>
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| range_map = Pezoporus-dist.svg
''[[Pezoporus flaviventris]]''
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| range_map_caption = Species distributions:
| synonyms=
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*Night parrot (''P. occidentalis''): light red = historical; red dots = recent sightings
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''Geopsittacus''
*Eastern ground parrot (''P. w. wallicus''): orange
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|range_map = Pezoporus-dist.svg
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*Western ground parrot (''P. w. flaviventris''): yellow = historical; green = current
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|range_map_caption = Species distributions:
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| image = Westerngroundparrotsing.jpg
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*Night Parrot: light red = historical; red dots = recent sightings
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| image_caption = vocalising [[ground parrot]]
*Eastern Ground Parrot: orange
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*Western Ground Parrot: yellow = historical; green = current
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|image=Westerngroundparrotsing.jpg
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|image_caption=vocalising [[Western Ground Parrot]]
}}
}}


The genus '''''Pezoporus''''' contains three [[Australia]]n species: the [[Night Parrot]] (''Pezoporus occidentalis'') and the cryptic ground parrots, the [[Eastern Ground Parrot]] (''Pezoporus wallicus'') and the [[Western Ground Parrot]] (''Pezoporus flaviventris''). The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, ''Geopsittacus''. The genus is part of the [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Pezoporini]].
'''''Pezoporus''''' is a genus of parrot [[Endemism|endemic]] to Australia. It contains two species: the [[night parrot]] (''P. occidentalis'') and the [[ground parrot]] (''P. wallicus'') which is divided into three subspecies. The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, ''Geopsittacus''. The genus is part of the [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Pezoporini]] and subfamily [[Platycercinae]].


==Species list==
==Species list==
*Genus '''''Pezoporus'''''
*Genus '''''Pezoporus'''''
{{Species table |genus=Pezoporus |authority-name=[[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]] |authority-year=1811 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
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! align="center" style="background-color: #D3D3A4" colspan ="4" |''Pezoporus''
{{Species table/row
|-
|name=[[Night parrot]] |binomial=[[Pezoporus occidentalis]]
! width = "20%" |Common name<br>(''binomial name'')<br>Status
|image=|image-size=180px |image-alt=
! Image
|authority-name=Gould |authority-year=1861 |authority-not-original=yes
! align="center" width = "29%"|Description
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|range= recent sightings from [[Diamantina National Park]], [[Pilbara]] region, Western Australia and [[Cloncurry]], Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=59350|title=Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot|publisher=Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts|access-date=2009-01-02}}</ref>
! width = "23%" |Range and habitat
|range-image=File:Night-Parrot-dist.svg
|-
|range-image-size=180px
|[[Night Parrot]]<br> (''Pezoporus occidentalis'') <br>[[Endangered]]<ref>{{IUCN2008|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2008|id=142525|title=Pezoporus occidentalis|downloaded=1 January 2009}}</ref>
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|size=About 22–25&nbsp;cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows.
| <center>[[Image:Pezoporus occidentalis.jpg|500x150px]]</center>
|habitat=Interior of [[Australia]],<ref name=forshaw>{{cite book | first= Joseph M.| last= Forshaw|author2=Cooper, William T.|year= 1981|orig-year=1973, 1978|edition=corrected second| title= Parrots of the World|publisher=David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London|isbn=0-7153-7698-5}}</ref>
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|About 22–25&nbsp;cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows.
|hunting=
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|Interior of [[Australia]],<ref name=forshaw>{{cite book | first= Joseph M.| last= Forshaw| coauthors= Cooper, William T.|year= 1981|origyear=1973, 1978|edition=corrected second edition| title= Parrots of the World|publisher=David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London|isbn=0-7153-7698-5}}</ref> recent sightings from [[Diamantina National Park]], [[Pilbara]] region, Western Australia and [[Cloncurry]], Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=59350|title=Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot|publisher=Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref>
|iucn-status= CR
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|[[Eastern Ground Parrot]] <br>(''Pezoporus wallicus'')<br> [[Least Concern]]<ref>{{IUCN2008|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2008|id=142524|title=Pezoporus wallicus|downloaded=1 January 2009}}</ref>
|population=<ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2022 |title=''Pezoporus occidentalis'' |volume=2022 |page=e.T22685237A211825128 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22685237A211825128.en |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>
|direction=
| <center>[[Image:Ground Parrot cooloolah.jpg|500x150px]]</center>
|subspecies=
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|About 30&nbsp;cm long. Generally green plumage, with black and yellow marking. Narrow orange-red band to forehead. Underside of flight-feathers with pale yellow wing-stripe. Bill, cere and feet greyish-brown.
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}}
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| Coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and [[Tasmania]]<ref name=forshaw/>

|-
{{Species table/row
|[[Western Ground Parrot]] <br>(''Pezoporus flaviventris'')<br> [[Endangered]]<ref name="Murphy, Stephen A. 2010">Murphy, Stephen A.; Joseph, Leo; Burbidge, Allan H.; Austin, Jeremy (2010). (fulltext) "A cryptic and critically endangered species revealed by mitochondrial DNA analyses: the Western Ground Parrot". Conservation Genetics 12 (2): 595–600. DOI:10.1007/s10592-010-0161-1. Retrieved 18 November 2010.</ref>
|name=[[Ground parrot]] |binomial=[[Pezoporus wallicus]]
| <center>[[Image:Westerngroundparrot.jpg|500x150px]]</center>
|image=File:Eastern Ground Parrot at Barren Grounds Nature Reserve NSW Australia.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
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|authority-name=Kerr |authority-year=1792 |authority-not-original=yes
| Coastal regions of south-western Australia.<ref name=forshaw/> Only around 110 individuals remain of this species, restricted to Cape Arid and Fitzroy R National Parks along the southern coast.<ref name="Murphy, Stephen A. 2010"/>
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|range= Coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and [[Tasmania]]<ref name=forshaw/>
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|}
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
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|size=About 30&nbsp;cm long. Generally green plumage, with black and yellow marking. Narrow orange-red band to forehead. Underside of flight-feathers with pale yellow wing-stripe. Bill, cere and feet greyish brown.
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=<ref>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Pezoporus wallicus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22685226A93064751 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685226A93064751.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
|direction=
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| ''P. w. flaviventris'' {{au|(North, 1911)}}
| ''P. w. wallicus'' {{au|(Kerr, 1792) }}
| ''P. w. leachi'' {{au|(Matthews 1912)}}
}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}



==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Broad-tailed parrots]]
[[Category:Broad-tailed parrots]]

Latest revision as of 18:08, 16 April 2024

Pezoporus
vocalising ground parrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Pezoporini
Genus: Pezoporus
Illiger, 1811
Type species
Psittacus formosus[1]
Latham, 1790
Species

Pezoporus occidentalis
Pezoporus wallicus

Species distributions:
  • Night parrot (P. occidentalis): light red = historical; red dots = recent sightings
  • Eastern ground parrot (P. w. wallicus): orange
  • Western ground parrot (P. w. flaviventris): yellow = historical; green = current
Synonyms

Geopsittacus

Pezoporus is a genus of parrot endemic to Australia. It contains two species: the night parrot (P. occidentalis) and the ground parrot (P. wallicus) which is divided into three subspecies. The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus. The genus is part of the tribe Pezoporini and subfamily Platycercinae.

Species list

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  • Genus Pezoporus
Genus Pezoporus – Illiger, 1811 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Night parrot


Pezoporus occidentalis
(Gould, 1861) 		recent sightings from Diamantina National Park, Pilbara region, Western Australia and Cloncurry, Queensland.[2]
Map of range 		Size: About 22–25 cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows.

Habitat: Interior of Australia,[3]

Diet: 		 CR 


[4]

Ground parrot

Pezoporus wallicus
(Kerr, 1792)

Three subspecies
  • P. w. flaviventris (North, 1911)
  • P. w. wallicus (Kerr, 1792)
  • P. w. leachi (Matthews 1912)
Coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania[3] Size: About 30 cm long. Generally green plumage, with black and yellow marking. Narrow orange-red band to forehead. Underside of flight-feathers with pale yellow wing-stripe. Bill, cere and feet greyish brown.

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


[5]


References

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  1. ^ "Psittaculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ "Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ^ a b Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. (1981) [1973, 1978]. Parrots of the World (corrected second ed.). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN 0-7153-7698-5.
  4. ^ BirdLife International. (2022). "Pezoporus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22685237A211825128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22685237A211825128.en. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pezoporus wallicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22685226A93064751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685226A93064751.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.


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