Belongs within: Psittaculidae.
Contains: Geoffroyus geoffroyi, Tanygnathus.
Psittacula is a genus of long-tailed, mostly green parakeets found in southern Asia and islands of the Indian Ocean.
<==Psittacula Cuvier 1800JoTo12 [incl. Conurus Kuhl 1820B94, Palaeornis Vigors 1825JoTo12; Palaeornithini]
|--+--+--P. cyanocephalaBKB15
| | | |--P. c. cyanocephalaRN72
| | | |--P. c. bengalensisRN72 [=Palaeornis bengalensisS42]
| | | `--P. c. rosaRN72
| | `--P. roseataBKB15
| `--+--P. finschiiBKB15 [=P. himalayana finschiiRN72]
| `--P. himalayanaJeTh12
`--+--Geoffroyus Bonaparte 1850BKB15, C38 [incl. Pseudopsittacus MacGillivray 1913C38]
| |--*G. geoffroyiC38
| |--G. heteroclitusBKB15
| | |--G. h. heteroclitusRN72
| | `--G. h. hyacinthinusRN72
| `--G. simplexJeTh12
| |--G. s. simplexRN72
| `--G. s. buergersiRN72
`--+--P. eupatriaBKB15
| |--P. e. eupatriaRN72
| |--P. e. avensisRN72
| |--P. e. magnirostrisRN72
| |--P. e. nipalensisRN72
| |--P. e. siamensisRN72
| `--P. e. wardiRN72
`--+--+--P. echoBKB15 [=P. krameri echoRN72]
| `--P. krameri (Scopoli 1769)BKB15, M-PG70 [=Psittacus krameriM-PG70; incl. Palaeornis docilisRN72]
| |--P. k. krameri [incl. P. krameri centralis]M-PG70
| |--P. k. borealisRN72
| |--P. k. manillensis [incl. Palaeornis torquata]RN72
| `--P. k. parvirostrisRN72
`--+--+--P. calthropaeBKB15
| `--P. columboidesBKB15
`--+--P. longicaudaBKB15
| |--P. l. longicaudaRN72
| |--P. l. defontaineiRN72
| |--P. l. modestaRN72
| |--P. l. nicobaricaRN72
| `--P. l. tytleri [=Palaeornis tytleri]RN72
`--+--+--*P. alexandri (Linnaeus 1758)JoTo12, BKB15, JoTo12 [=Psittacus alexandriJoTo12, *Palaeornis alexandriJoTo12]
| | |--P. a. alexandriRN72
| | |--P. a. abbottiRN72
| | |--P. a. calaRN72
| | |--P. a. dammermaniRN72
| | |--P. a. fasciataRN72 [=Palaeornis fasciataS89]
| | |--P. a. majorRN72
| | `--P. a. perioncaRN72
| `--P. derbianaBKB15
`--+--P. equesJeTh12
`--TanygnathusBKB15
Psittacula incertae sedis:
‘Conurus’ aurifronsScl66
P. canaSch66
P. canicepsJeTh12
‘Conurus’ cyanolysios [incl. Psittacus patachinus]F43
P. exsul (Newton 1872) [=Palaeornis exsul]F02
‘Palaeornis’ flavicollarisE42
P. galgulaS42
‘Palaeornis’ indoburmanicusP89
‘Palaeornis’ malaccensisS42
‘Palaeornis’ nicobaricus [incl. P. erythrogenis Blyth 1846]W66
P. pullariaD66
‘Palaeornis’ schisticepsB66
P. sclateriSS66
‘Conurus’ souanceiSS66
‘Palaeornis’ torquatusE42
‘Conurus’ weddellii Deville 1851 [=Maracana weddellii]SS66
‘Conurus’ xanthopterusSS66
Hybrid: Palaeornis intermedia Rothschild 1895 [=Psittacula intermedia]B04
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[B66] Bulger, G. E. 1866. List of birds observed at Wellington, Neilgherry Hills, about 6000 feet above the level of the sea, during the months of April and May, 1866. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 568–571.
[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.
[C38] Cayley, N. W. 1938. Australian Parrots: Their Habits in the Field and Aviary. Angus & Robertson Limited.
[D66] Dohrn, H. 1866. Synopsis of the birds of Ilha do Principe, with some remarks on their habits and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 324–332.
[E42] Ewer, W. 1842. List of a collection of birds from India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 91–93.
[F43] Fraser, L. 1843. On the collection of birds brought to England by Mr. Bridges. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 108–121.
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[JeTh12] 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.
[JoTo12] Joseph, L., A. Toon, E. E. Schirtzinger, T. F. Wright & R. Schodde. 2012. A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes). Zootaxa 3205: 26–40.
[M-PG70] Mackworth-Praed, C. W., & C. H. B. Grant. 1970. African Handbook of Birds ser. 3 vol. 1. Birds of West Central and Western Africa. Longman: London.
[P89] Parona, C. 1889. Sopra alcuni elminti di Vertebrati birmani raccolti da Leonardo Fea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 765–780.
[RN72] Rutgers, A., & K. A. Norris (eds.) 1972. Encyclopaedia of Aviculture vol. 2. Blandford Press: London.
[S89] Salvadori, T. 1889. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea nella Birmania e nelle regioni vicine. XIX.—Uccelli raccolti nei Monti Carin a nord-est di Tounghoo, nel Pegù presso Rangoon e Tounghoo e nel Tenasserim presso Malewoon. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 369–438.
[Sch66] Schlegel, H. 1866. Communication from, on mammals and birds collected in Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 419–426.
[Scl66] Sclater, P. L. 1866. On the birds in the vicinity of Lima, Peru. With notes on their habits, by Prof. W. Nation, of Lima, C. M. Z. S. (Part I.) Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 96–100.
[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.
[S42] Strickland, H. E. 1842. Account of the birds in the Chinese collection exhibited at Hyde Park Corner. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 166–168.
[W66] Walden, A. 1866. Notes on birds collected in Tennasserim and in the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 537–556.