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| taxon = Pezoporus
| taxon = Pezoporus
| authority = [[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1811
| authority = [[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1811
| type_species = ''[[Ground parrot|Psittacus formosus]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=218 |title= Psittaculidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-24}}</ref>
| 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>
| type_species_authority = Latham, 1790
| type_species_authority = Latham, 1790
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species

Revision as of 08:15, 4 December 2023

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

  • Genus Pezoporus
Pezoporus
Common name
(binomial name)
Status 		Image Description Range and habitat
Night parrot
(Pezoporus occidentalis)
Endangered[2] 		About 22–25 cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows. Interior of Australia,[3] recent sightings from Diamantina National Park, Pilbara region, Western Australia and Cloncurry, Queensland.[4]
Ground parrot
(Pezoporus wallicus)
Least Concern[5]
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[3]

References

  1. ^ "Psittaculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Pezoporus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22685237A155460294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22685237A155460294.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  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. ^ "Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  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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