Polytelis Explained

The genus Polytelis (literally translates into 'magnificent') of the family Psittaculidae consists of three species long-tailed parrot endemic to Australia. Traditionally, it was included in the Australian broad-tailed parrots (tribe Platycercini),[1] but molecular studies place the genus within the Polytelini.

A 2017 molecular study placed the regent parrot as an early offshoot to the genus Asprosmictus and not as closely related to the other two species.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus has three species.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Forshaw, Joseph M.. Cooper, William T.. 1981. 1973, 1978. corrected second. Parrots of the World. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. 0-7153-7698-5.
  2. 10.1080/01584197.2017.1387030. Resolving a phylogenetic hypothesis for parrots: Implications from systematics to conservation. 2018. Provost. Kaiya L.. Joseph. Leo. Smith. Brian Tilston. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 118. 1 . 7–21. 2018EmuAO.118....7P . 52995298.
  3. Web site: Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.020) . 2009-03-05 . www.zoonomen.net . 2009-03-19 . 2018-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225154211/http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html%20 . live .

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