AGAPORNITHINAE

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 : 63

AGAPORNITHINAE

Agapornithinae are small green parrots with short round or wedge-shaped tails. The clade consists of the monotypic Bolbopsittacus lunulatus of the Philippines, the hanging parrots ( Loriculus ), which occur from India to New Guinea, and the lovebirds ( Agapornis ) of the Afrotropics. Agapornis and Loriculus share the behavior of carrying nesting material in their feathers ( Forshaw, 1973). Relationships among the three genera are stable. Bolbopsittacus diverged from the common ancestor of Loriculus and Agapornis at 24.4 Mya (17.4–28.8), and Loriculus and Agapornis then split at 23.1 Mya (16.4–27.3; figs. 1, 11) We advocate recognition of this phylogenetic depth and structure at least through recognition of a tribe for Bolbopsittacus and we note that two family-group names are available with which to recognize two other currently monogeneric tribes for Loriculus and Agapornis . In accordance with articles 13.1 and 13.2 of the Code ( ICZN, 1999) we therefore introduce a new family-group name at the rank of tribe for the genus Bolbopsittacus :