| Pezoporus | |
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| vocalising Western Ground Parrot | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribes: | Pezoporini |
| Genus: | Pezoporus Illiger, 1811 |
| Species | |
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Pezoporus occidentalis | |
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Species distributions:
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| Synonyms | |
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Geopsittacus | |
The genus Pezoporus contains three Australian species: the Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) and the cryptic ground parrots, the Eastern Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) and the Western Ground Parrot (Pezoporus flaviventris). The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus. The genus is part of the tribe Pezoporini.
Species list[]
- Genus Pezoporus
| Pezoporus | |||
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| Common name (binomial name) Status |
Image | Description | Range and habitat |
| Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) Endangered[4] |
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About 22–25 cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows. | Interior of Australia,[5] recent sightings from Diamantina National Park, Pilbara region, Western Australia and Cloncurry, Queensland.[6] |
| Eastern Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) Least Concern[3] |
About 30 cm long. Generally green plumage, with black and yellow marking. Narrow orange-red band to forehead. Underside of flight-feathers with pale yellow wing-stripe. Bill, cere and feet greyish-brown. | Coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania[5] | |
| Western Ground Parrot (Pezoporus flaviventris) Endangered[2] |
Coastal regions of south-western Australia.[5] Only around 110 individuals remain of this species, restricted to Cape Arid and Fitzgerald River National Parks along the southern coast.[2] | ||
References[]
- ^ "Pezoporus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Murphy, Stephen A.; Joseph, Leo; Burbidge, Allan H.; Austin, Jeremy (2010). (fulltext) "A cryptic and critically endangered species revealed by mitochondrial DNA analyses: the Western Ground Parrot". Conservation Genetics 12 (2): 595–600. DOI:10.1007/s10592-010-0161-1. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2008). Pezoporus wallicus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
- ^ BirdLife International (2008). Pezoporus occidentalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
- ^ a b c Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. (1981) [1973, 1978]. Parrots of the World (corrected second edition ed.). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN 0-7153-7698-5. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
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