Neotropical parrot

Neotropical parrots
Blue-and-yellow macaw
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Arinae
Tribes
Arini Androglossini

The neotropical parrots or

Neotropical parrots comprise at least two monophyletic clades, one of primarily long-tailed species such as the macaws, conures, and allies, and the other of primarily short-tailed parrots such as amazons and allies.[3]

A new species, the bald parrot or orange-headed parrot, was discovered as recently as 2002.

Taxonomy

Neotropical parrots belong to the subfamily Arinae^[4] which along with the African or Old World parrots comprise the family Psittacidae, one of three families of true parrots. The taxonomy of the neotropical parrots is not yet fully resolved, but the following subdivision is supported by solid studies.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

• Tribe Arini
  • Cyanoliseus
    – burrowing parrot
  • Enicognathus (two species)
  • Rhynchopsitta – thick-billed parrots (two species)
  • Pyrrhura (around two dozen species, one possibly recently extinct)
  • extinct
    )
  • Leptosittaca – golden-plumed parakeet
  • Ognorhynchus – yellow-eared parrot
  • Diopsittaca – red-shouldered macaw
  • Guaruba – golden parakeet
  • extinct
    )
  • Cyanopsitta – Spix's macaw (extinct in the wild)
  • Orthopsittaca – red-bellied macaw
  • Ara
    – true macaws (eight living species, and at least one recently extinct)
  • Primolius – some of the mini-macaws (three species, previously called Propyrrhura)
  • Aratinga - sun conure and allies (six living species, at least one recently extinct)
  • Eupsittula – South and Middle American parakeets
  • Psittacara – genus of parakeets in Central and South America, and the Caribbean
  • Thectocercus
    – Blue-crowned parakeet
• Tribe Androglossini
  • Pionopsitta – pileated parrot
  • Triclaria – blue-bellied parrot
  • Pyrilia (7 species; all previously included in Pionopsitta).
  • Pionus (8 species)
  • Graydidascalus – short-tailed parrot
  • Alipiopsitta – yellow-faced parrot (previously in Amazona, Salvatoria)
  • Amazona – amazon parrots (about 30 living species – one subspecies recently extinct)