Platycercini
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Translingual
Etymology
Platycercus + -ini
Proper noun
Platycercini
- 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
