Psephotellus
Sign in to savePsephotellus is a genus of medium sized Australian parrots. Four species found across the country are recognised, one is presumed to have become extinct.
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It sits within the topics Bird genera, Broad-tailed parrots and Endemic birds of Australia.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPsittaciformes
- FamilyPsittaculidae
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Psittaculidae
- Image
- Psephotus varius -Wyperfeld National Park-8.jpg
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- Psephotellus
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- Category:Psephotellus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Taxonomy
- Diversity and distribution
- References
Psephotellus is a genus of medium sized Australian parrots. Four species found across the country are recognised, one is presumed to have become extinct.
== Description == All species show considerable sexual dimorphism. These species have traditionally been placed in the genus Psephotus along with the red-rumped parrot, but a molecular study analysing nuclear and mitochondrial DNA found that the red-rumped parrot was an early offshoot in a clade of several genera of broad-tailed parrot, with the other species nested deeply within.
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