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|About 22–25&nbsp;cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows.
|About 22–25&nbsp;cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows.
|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>
|Interior of [[Australia]],<ref name=forshaw>{{cite book | first= Joseph M.| last= Forshaw|author2=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>
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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>
|[[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>

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Pezoporus
vocalising Western Ground Parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Psittaciformes
Superfamily:
Psittacoidea
Family:
Psittaculidae
Subfamily:
Psittaculinae
Tribe:
Pezoporini
Genus:
Pezoporus

Illiger, 1811
Species

Pezoporus occidentalis
Pezoporus wallicus
Pezoporus flaviventris

Species distributions:
  • Night Parrot: light red = historical; red dots = recent sightings
  • Eastern Ground Parrot: orange
  • Western Ground Parrot: yellow = historical; green = current
Synonyms

Geopsittacus

The genus Pezoporus contains three Australian 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 Pezoporini.

Species list

  • Genus Pezoporus
Pezoporus
Common name
(binomial name)
Status 		Image Description Range and habitat
Night Parrot
(Pezoporus occidentalis)
Endangered[1]
File:Pezoporus occidentalis.jpg
 About 22–25 cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows. Interior of Australia,[2] recent sightings from Diamantina National Park, Pilbara region, Western Australia and Cloncurry, Queensland.[3]
Eastern Ground Parrot
(Pezoporus wallicus)
Least Concern[4]
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. Coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania[2]
Western Ground Parrot
(Pezoporus flaviventris)
Endangered[5]
Coastal regions of south-western Australia.[2] Only around 110 individuals remain of this species, restricted to Cape Arid and Fitzgerald River National Parks along the southern coast.[5]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2008
  2. ^ a b c Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. (1981) [1973, 1978]. Parrots of the World (corrected second edition ed.). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN 0-7153-7698-5. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ "Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  4. ^ Template:IUCN2008
  5. ^ a b 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.


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