Alipiopsitta, Caparroz & Pacheco, 2006
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Alipiopsitta xanthops View in CoL was formerly placed in Amazona View in CoL due to similarities in size, shape, and general plumage. However, phylogenetic work since the early 1990s shows that Al. xanthops View in CoL was paraphyletic with respect to Amazona ( Birt et al., 1992) View in CoL , which to our knowledge, has been confirmed by all subsequent molecular studies, including the phylogenomic data presented here. Further, comparisons of karyotypes in Arini showed high similarity between Al. xanthops View in CoL , Pionus maximiliani View in CoL , and Graydidascalus brachyurus View in CoL , and indicated a sister relationship between Alipiopsitta View in CoL and Graydidascalus ( Caparroz and Duarte, 2004) View in CoL . That sister relationship was supported by DNA sequence data ( Russello and Amato, 2004) and our phylogenomic tree. Its continued placement in Amazona View in CoL in some sources (e.g., Forshaw and Knight, 2010), likely an artifact of when the book was published, is unfounded. As noted by Caparroz and Pacheco (2006), Miranda-Ribeiro (1920) erected a new genus Salvatoria View in CoL for xanthops View in CoL to differentiate it from “true” Amazona View in CoL , but this name was preoccupied by Salvatoria McIntosh, 1885 View in CoL , a genus of polychaete worms. Accordingly, Alipiopsitta View in CoL was erected ( Caparroz and Pacheco, 2006). Alipiopsitta xanthops View in CoL is also polymorphic in that its plumage has green and yellow morphs. Such plumage polymorphism, excluding sexual and age-related dimorphism, is generally rare in parrots, other examples being Charmosyna stellae , Pseudeos fuscata View in CoL , Amazona ochrocephala View in CoL , and A. guildingii . There is no described geographic variation in Al. xanthops View in CoL . As noted, Al. xanthops View in CoL and G. brachyurus View in CoL shared a common ancestor 7.8 Mya (4.1–10.4).
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Alipiopsitta
Smith, Brian Tilston, Thom, Gregory & Joseph, Leo 2024 |
Alipiopsitta
Caparroz & Pacheco 2006 |
Alipiopsitta
Caparroz & Pacheco 2006 |
Charmosyna stellae
A.B.Meyer 1886 |
Salvatoria
McIntosh 1885 |
Salvatoria
McIntosh 1885 |
Arini
G.R.Gray 1840 |
Amazona
Lesson 1830 |