Platycercini

Translingual

Etymology

Platycercus +‎ -ini

Proper noun

Platycercini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Psittacidae – broad-tailed parrots, native to Australasia.

Usage notes

Some consider the tribe invalid; others have placed it in Platycercinae in Psittaculidae.
Not all the genera below are included by all authors

Hypernyms

(tribe): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Psittaciformes - order; Psittacoidea - superfamily; Psittacidae - family; Psittacinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(tribe): Prosopeia, Eunymphicus, Cyanoramphus, Purpureicephalus, Barnardius, Platycercus, Northiella, Psephotus, Neopsephotus, Neophema, Lathamus, Melopsittacus, Pezoporus, Geopsittacus - genera

References

Broad-tailed parrot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Platycercini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Platycercini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Platycercini at the Tree of Life Web Project
Platycercini at Encyclopedia of Life
Psittacidae at Aves-Taxonomy in Flux

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