Pezoporus

Pezoporus
	vocalising western ground parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
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]		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

BirdLife International (2008). "Pezoporus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
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.
"Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
BirdLife International (2008). "Pezoporus wallicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
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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[1] BirdLife International (2008). "Pezoporus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[forshaw-2] 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.

[3] "Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-02.

[4] BirdLife International (2008). "Pezoporus wallicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[Murphy,_Stephen_A._2010-5] 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.