Lathamus, Lesson, 1830
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Felipe |
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Lathamus |
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The critically endangered Lathamus discolor is largely green and small bodied. In its nectarivory and associated aspects of morphology, such as slender, pointed wings and tail, and crude brush tongue, it is convergent with the lories and lorikeets ( Loriini ; see Gartrell et al., 2000; Kennedy and Tzaros, 2005). It is a seasonal migrant that breeds in Tasmania and winters in mainland southeastern Australia. As with the other monotypic genera in broad-tailed parrots, it is on a long branch that diverged 10.6 Mya (4.4–15) from a clade that radiated across New Zealand and nearby islands ( Cyanoramphus ), New Caledonia ( Eunymphicus ), and Fiji ( Prosopeia ) (fig. 11).
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