Erythrura

Tricoloured parrot finch Erythrura tricolor, copyright Mitch Rose.

Belongs within: Estrildidae.

Erythrura, parrot finches, is an Indo-Australian genus of relatively long-tailed finches with stout, sharply pointed bills.

<==Erythrura Swainson 1837 [incl. Chloromunia Mathews 1923; Chloromuniinae, Erythrurinae]B94
|--E. gouldiae (Gould 1844)JT12, PB96
`--+--E. prasinaJT12
`--+--E. trichroaJT12
`--E. tricolorJT12

Erythrura incertae sedis:
E. coloriaJT12
E. cyaneifronsS13
E. cyaneovirensJT12
E. hyperythraJT12
E. kleinschmidtiJT12
E. papuanaJT12
E. pealiiJT12
E. psittaceaJT12
E. regiaJT12
E. viridifaciesJT12

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[PB96] Palma, R. L., & S. C. Barker. 1996. Phthiraptera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera pp. 81–247. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[S13] Sarasin, F. 1913. Die Vögel Neu-Caledoniens und der Loyalty-Inseln. In: Sarasin, F., & J. Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia: Forschungen in Neu-Caledonian und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie vol. 1 pt 1 pp. 1–78, pls 1–3. C. W. Kreidels Verlag: Wiesbaden.

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