Pezoporus

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Pezoporus
vocalising ground parrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Pezoporini
Genus: Pezoporus
Illiger, 1811
Type species
Psittacus formosus[1]
Latham, 1790
Species

Pezoporus occidentalis

Pezoporus wallicus

Species distributions:
  • Night parrot (P. occidentalis): light red = historical; red dots = recent sightings
  • Eastern ground parrot (P. w. wallicus): orange
  • Western ground parrot (P. w. flaviventris): yellow = historical; green = current
Synonyms

Geopsittacus

Pezoporus is a genus of parrot endemic to Australia. It contains two species: the night parrot (P. occidentalis) and the ground parrot (P. wallicus) which is divided into three subspecies. The night parrot was previously separated in a distinct genus, Geopsittacus. The genus is part of the tribe Pezoporini and subfamily Platycercinae.

Species list

  • Genus Pezoporus
Genus Pezoporus – Illiger, 1811 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Night parrot


Pezoporus occidentalis
(Gould, 1861) 		recent sightings from
Cloncurry, Queensland.[2]
Map of range
 Size: About 22–25 cm long. Predominantly a yellowish green, mottled with dark brown, blacks and yellows.

Habitat: Interior of Australia,[3]

Diet:
 CR 


[4]

Ground parrot

Pezoporus wallicus
(Kerr, 1792)

Three subspecies
  • P. w. flaviventris (North, 1911)
  • P. w. wallicus (Kerr, 1792)
  • P. w. leachi (Matthews 1912)
Coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania[3] Size: 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.

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


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References

  1. ^ "Psittaculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ "Pezoporus occidentalis — Night Parrot". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-7153-7698-5
    .
  4. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22685237A211825128.en
    . Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685226A93064751.en
    . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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