Pezoporus
Appearance
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vocalising Western Ground Parrot | |
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Genus: | Pezoporus Illiger, 1811
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Pezoporus occidentalis | |
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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
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Common name (binomial name) Status |
Image | Description | Range and habitat |
Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) Endangered[1] |
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
- ^ Template:IUCN2008
- ^ 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.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
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- ^ 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.