Belongs within: Psittaciformes.
Contains: Poicephalus, Psittacus, Androglossini, Brotogeris, Forpus, Arini.
The Psittacidae are a group of parrots that were treated by Joseph et al. 2012 as uniting the African Psittacinae with the Neotropical Arinae. Earlier authors had commonly used ‘Psittacidae’ in a broader sense covering most or all of the living parrots. The Psittacinae have also included many of the more ‘generalised’ parrot species but such a grouping has not been supported phylogenetically. The Arinae are morphologically diverse but biogeographically distinct, being the only clade of parrots native to the Neotropics.
<==Psittacidae [Psittacea, Psittacini]JoTo12 |--PsittacinaeJoTo12 | |--Amoropsittaca aymaraRN72 | |--Gypopsitta vulturinaRN72 | |--PoicephalusJoTo12 | |--PsittacusBKB15 | |--Xenopsitta Mlíkovský 1998MG04 | | `--*X. fejfari Mlíkovský 1998M02 | |--Microsittace ferrugineaRN72 | | |--M. f. ferrugineaRN72 | | `--M. f. minorRN72 | `--ConuropsisRN72 | |--C. carolinensisRN72 [=Conurus carolinensisSWK87] | | |--C. c. carolinensisD81 | | `--C. c. ludovicianaD81 | `--C. fratercula Wetmore 1927U93 `--Arinae [Arainae]JoTo12 |--PsilopsiagonBKB15 | |--P. aurifronsBKB15 | | |--P. a. aurifronsRN72 | | |--P. a. robertsiRN72 | | `--P. a. rubrirostrisRN72 | `--P. aymaraBKB15 `--+--+--+--AndroglossiniBKB15 | | `--+--BrotogerisBKB15 | | `--Myiopsitta monachusBKB15 | | |--M. m. monachusRN72 | | |--M. m. calitaRN72 | | |--M. m. cotorraRN72 | | `--M. m. luchsiRN72 | `--+--ForpusBKB15 | `--+--AriniBKB15 | `--+--Deroptyus accipitrinusBKB15 | | |--D. a. accipitrinusRN72 | | `--D. a. fuscifrons Hellmayr 1905RN72 | `--Pionites Heine 1890BKB15, B94 [Pionitini] | |--P. leucogasterBKB15 | | |--P. l. leucogasterRN72 | | `--P. l. xanthomeriaRN72 [incl. P. xanthurusC88] | `--P. melanocephalusBKB15 | |--P. m. melanocephalusRN72 | `--P. m. pallidaRN72 `--+--‘Touit’ batavicusBKB15 `--+--TouitBKB15 | |--T. costaricensisJeTh12 [=T. dilectissima costaricensisRN72] | |--T. dilectissimusJeTh12 | |--T. huetiiJeTh12 | |--T. melanonotusJeTh12 | |--T. purpuratusBKB15 | | |--T. p. purpuratusJeTh12 | | `--T. p. viridicepsJeTh12 | |--T. stictopterusJeTh12 [incl. T. emmaeRN72] | `--T. surdus (Kuhl 1820)JeTh12, RN72 `--NannopsittacaBKB15 |--N. panychlora (Salvin & Godman 1883)BKB15, RN72 `--+--N. dachilleaeBKB15 `--BolborhynchusBKB15 |--B. andicolusRN72 |--B. ferrugineifronsJeTh12 |--B. lineolaBKB15 | |--B. l. lineolaRN72 | |--B. l. maculatusRN72 | `--B. l. tigrinusRN72 `--B. orbygnesiusJeTh12 (see below for synonymy) Psittacidae incertae sedis: Necropsittacus Milne-Edwards 1874FS01, JoTo12 |--N. borbonicusFP64 `--N. rodericanusFS01 Lophopsittacus Newton 1875FS01, JoTo12 |--L. bensoniFS01 `--L. mauritianusFS01 Pyrrhulopsis personatusMS55 Pararallus Lambrecht 1933MG04, M02 |--*P. dispar (Milne-Edwards 1869)M02, MG04, M02 (see below for synonymy) `--P. hassenkampi Martini 1967M02 Caica barrabandiSS66 Eupsittula ocularisS18
Bolborhynchus orbygnesiusJeTh12 [=Psilopsiagon aurifrons orbygnesiusRN72; incl. P. aurifrons margaritaeRN72]
*Pararallus dispar (Milne-Edwards 1869)M02, MG04, M02 [=Rallus disparM02; incl. Psittacus lartetianus Milne-Edwards 1872MG04]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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