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Pezoporus
vocalising Western Ground Parrot
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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. (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); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (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.