Neotropical parrot

Neotropical parrot
Neotropical Parrots
Blue-and-yellow Macaw.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genera

c.32, see list

Synonyms

Arini

The Neotropical parrots (tribe Arini) belong to the family of the true parrots Psittacidae. Several species and one of the 32 modern genera have become extinct in recent centuries. Though fairly few fossils of modern parrots are known, most of these are from Arini. They attest that modern genera were mostly distinct by the Pleistocene, a few million years ago.

They consist of two main groups, easily recognized as short-tailed and long-tailed species. [1]

List of genera

See also

References

  1. ^ Miyaki et al. (1998)
  • Miyaki, C. Y.; Matioli, S. R.; Burke, T. & Wajntal, A. (1998): Parrot evolution and paleogeographical events: Mitochondrial DNA evidence. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15: 544-551. PDF fulltext
  • Ribas, C., R. Gaban-Lima, C. Miyaki, and J. Cracraft (2005). Historical biogeography and diversification within the Neotropical parrot genus Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae). Journal Biogeography 32:1409-1427.
  • Split Gypopsitta from Pionopsitta South American Classification Committee.