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Polytelini

The Polytelini tribe belongs to the parrot family Psittaculidae and consists of three genera.

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Polytelini
Alisterus scapularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Psittaculinae
Tribe: Polytelini
Mathews, 1916
Genera

The Polytelini tribe belongs to the parrot family Psittaculidae and consists of three genera.1

Species

Image Genus Living species
Alisterus Mathews, 1911
Aprosmictus Gould, 1842
Polytelis Wagler, 1832
References

References

  1. Joseph L., Alicia Toon, Erin E. Schirtzinger, Timothy F. Wright, Richard Schodde, A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes) (PDF) Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, in Zootaxa, vol. 3205, 2012, pp. 26–40.