Platycercini

Translingual

Etymology

Platycercus +‎ -ini

Proper noun

Platycercini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Psittaculidae – broad-tailed parrots, native to Australasia.

Usage notes

Some consider the tribe invalid; others have placed it in Platycercinae in Psittaculidae.
Not all the genera below are included by all authors

Hypernyms

(tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Psittaciformes - order; Psittacoidea - superfamily; Psittaculidae - family; Platycercinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(tribe): Prosopeia, Eunymphicus, Cyanoramphus, Purpureicephalus, Barnardius, Platycercus, Northiella, Psephotus, Neopsephotus, Neophema, Lathamus, Melopsittacus, Pezoporus, Geopsittacus - genera

References

Broad-tailed parrot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Platycercini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Platycercini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Platycercini at Encyclopedia of Life
Psittacidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux

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