Platycercini

Translingual

Etymology

Platycercus +‎ -ini

Proper noun

Platycercini

1. A taxonomic tribe within the family Psittaculidae – broad-tailed parrots, native to Australasia.

Usage notes

• Some consider the tribe invalid; others have placed it in Platycercinae in Psittaculidae.
• Not all the genera below are included by all authors

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Psittaciformes - order; Psittacoidea - superfamily; Psittaculidae - family; Platycercinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (tribe): Prosopeia, Eunymphicus, Cyanoramphus, Purpureicephalus, Barnardius, Platycercus, Northiella, Psephotus, Neopsephotus, Neophema, Lathamus, Melopsittacus, Pezoporus, Geopsittacus - genera

References

• Broad-tailed parrot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Platycercini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Platycercini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Psittacidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux