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Short description: Genus of birds


Neopsittacus
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Yellow-billed lorikeet
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Neopsittacus
Salvadori, 1875
Type species
Nanodes musschenbroekii[1]
Schlegel, 1871
Species

Two; see text

Neopsittacus is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. The genus contains two species, both of which are native to New Guinea.

Taxonomy

The genus Neopsittacus contains two species and several subspecies:[2]

Neopsittacus Salvadori 1875

  • Neopsittacus musschenbroekii (Schlegel 1871) (yellow-billed lorikeet)
    • Neopsittacus musschenbroekii major Neumann 1924
    • Neopsittacus musschenbroekii musschenbroekii (Schlegel 1871)
  • Neopsittacus pullicauda Hartert 1896 (orange-billed lorikeet)
    • Neopsittacus pullicauda alpinus Ogilvie-Grant 1914
    • Neopsittacus pullicauda pullicauda Hartert 1896
    • Neopsittacus pullicauda socialis Mayr 1931

References

Wikidata ☰ Q373723 entry