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Translingual
Etymology
Platycercus + -inae
Proper noun
Platycercinae
- A taxonomic subfamily within the family Psittaculidae – parrots and parakeets of Oceania.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (tribe): Pezoporini (ground parrots etc.), Platycercini (broad-tailed parrots) - tribes
- Neophema, Neopsephotus (Bourke's parrot), Pezoporus (syn. Geopsittacus); Barnardius (Australian ringneck), Cyanoramphus (parakeets), Eunymphicus (parakeets), Lathamus (swift parrot), Melopsittacus, Northiella (bluebonnets), Platycercus (rosellas), Prosopeia (shining parrots), Psephotus (red-rumped parrot), Purpureicephalus (red-capped parrot) - genera
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