Forpus

Cobalt-rumped parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius, copyright Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes.

Belongs within: Psittacidae.

Forpus is a Neotropical genus of small green parrots with short tails, and blue on the wings and often rump.

Forpus Boie 1858 [Forpidae, Forpini]B94
|--F. coelestisJT12
|--F. conspicillatusJT12
| |--F. c. conspicillatusRN72
| `--F. c. caucaeRN72
|--F. crassirostrisBKB15 [=F. passerinus crassirostrisRN72]
|--F. cyanopygiusJT12
| |--F. c. cyanopygius [incl. F. c. insularis]RN72
| |--F. c. lutescensRN72
| `--F. c. pallidusRN72
|--F. modestusJT12
|--F. passerinusBKB15
| |--F. p. passerinusRN72
| |--F. p. cyanochlorusRN72
| |--F. p. cyanophanesRN72
| |--F. p. deliciosusRN72
| |--F. p. flavescensRN72
| |--F. p. flavissimusRN72
| |--F. p. olallaeRN72
| |--F. p. viridissimusRN72
| `--F. p. vividusRN72
|--F. sclateriRN72
| |--F. s. sclateriRN72
| `--F. s. eidosRN72
|--F. spengeliAP21 [=F. passerinus spengeliRN72]
|--F. xanthopsJT12 [=F. coelestis xanthopsRN72]
`--F. xanthopterygiusAP21

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

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

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[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.

[RN72] Rutgers, A., & K. A. Norris (eds.) 1972. Encyclopaedia of Aviculture vol. 2. Blandford Press: London.

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