Psittrichasiidae

Psittrichasiidae is a family of birds belonging to the superfamily of the true parrots (Psittacoidea).[1] It is a very small family, the smallest of the three families of the true parrots. It is divided into two subfamilies: Psittrichasinae and Coracopsinae,[1] that contain a single genus each. The first contains a single species, native to New Guinea, and the second contains two living species distributed throughout Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean.

Psittrichasiidae
Pesquet's parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittrichasiidae
Boetticher, 1959
Subfamilies

Genera

The family Psittrichasiidae contains two subfamilies:

Subfamily Psittrichasinae:

  • Genus Psittrichas
    • Psittrichas fulgidus - Pesquet's parrot

Subfamily Coracopsinae

  • Genus Coracopsis
    • Coracopsis barklyi - Seychelles black parrot
    • Coracopsis nigra - Lesser vasa parrot
    • Coracopsis vasa - Greater vasa parrot

Recent studies indicate that the extinct Mascarene parrot (Mascarinus mascarinus) was closely related to the members of Coracopsis.[2]

References
  1. Leo Joseph, Alicia Toon, Erin E. Schirtzinger, Timothy F. Wright, Richard Schodde. 2012. A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes) Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Zootaxa 3205: 26–40.
  2. Kundu, S.; Jones, C. G.; Prys-Jones, R. P.; Groombridge, J. J. (2011). "The evolution of the Indian Ocean parrots (Psittaciformes): Extinction, adaptive radiation and eustacy". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): 296–305. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.025. PMID 22019932
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