Psittacus, Linnaeus, 1758
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Psittacus View in CoL are predominantly gray-plumaged parrots with red tails and prominent bare white facial skin. Along with Australian Nymphicus View in CoL and Melopsittacus View in CoL , they are among the world’s most familiar parrots, and are among the parrots most heavily harvested for the captive bird trade ( Mulliken, 1995). Their ethology has been intensely studied (e.g., Giret et al., 2009, Pepperberg et al., 2013). Psittacus View in CoL was long treated as monotypic, but two species are now conventionally recognized, P. erithacus View in CoL and P.timneh View in CoL . In the phylogenomic tree, the sister relationship between the two was stable and dated to the early Pleistocene (1.9 Mya; fig. 3). Relationships within and among populations of the two species have also been addressed through mitochondrial DNA sequences by Melo and O’Ryan (2007).
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Psittacus
Smith, Brian Tilston, Thom, Gregory & Joseph, Leo 2024 |
P.timneh
Fraser 1844 |
Melopsittacus
Gould 1840 |
Nymphicus
Wagler 1832 |
Psittacus
Linnaeus 1758 |
Psittacus
Linnaeus 1758 |
P. erithacus
Linnaeus 1758 |