Melopsittacus, Gould, 1840

Smith, Brian Tilston, Thom, Gregory & Joseph, Leo, 2024, Revised Evolutionary And Taxonomic Synthesis For Parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) Guided By Phylogenomic Analysis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2024 (468), pp. 1-87 : 66

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scientific name	Melopsittacus
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Melopsittacini contains a single genus and monotypic species ( Melopsittacus undulatus ), a small green parakeet that occurs throughout the interior of Australia. It is well known in captivity around the world (reviewed in Olsen, 2021).

References

Olsen, P. 2021. Flight of the Budgerigar. Canberra: National Library of Australia.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Psittaciformes
Family	Psittacidae
Genus	Melopsittacus

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