Psittacus, Linnaeus, 1758
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Psittacus View in CoL are predominantly gray-plumaged parrots with red tails and prominent bare white facial skin. Along with Australian Nymphicus View in CoL and Melopsittacus View in CoL , they are among the world’s most familiar parrots, and are among the parrots most heavily harvested for the captive bird trade ( Mulliken, 1995). Their ethology has been intensely studied (e.g., Giret et al., 2009, Pepperberg et al., 2013). Psittacus View in CoL was long treated as monotypic, but two species are now conventionally recognized, P. erithacus View in CoL and P.timneh View in CoL . In the phylogenomic tree, the sister relationship between the two was stable and dated to the early Pleistocene (1.9 Mya; fig. 3). Relationships within and among populations of the two species have also been addressed through mitochondrial DNA sequences by Melo and O’Ryan (2007).
Giret, N., A. Miklosi, M. Kreutzer, and D. Bovet. 2009. Use of experimenter-given cues by African gray parrots (Psittacus erithacus). Animal Cognition 12: 1 - 10.
Melo, M., and C. O'Ryan. 2007. Genetic differentiation between Principe Island and mainland populations of the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), and implications for conservation. Molecular Ecology 16: 1673 - 1685.
Mulliken, T. A. 1995. South Africa's trade in African grey parrots. Johannesburg: TRAFFIC East / Southern Africa, South African National Office.
Pepperberg, I. M., A. Koepke, P. Livingston, M. Girard, and L. A. Hartsfield. 2013. Reasoning by inference: further studies on exclusion in grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 127: 272 - 281.
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Psittacus
| Smith, Brian Tilston, Thom, Gregory & Joseph, Leo 2024 |
P.timneh
| Fraser 1844 |
Melopsittacus
| Gould 1840 |
Nymphicus
| Wagler 1832 |
Psittacus
| Linnaeus 1758 |
Psittacus
| Linnaeus 1758 |
P. erithacus
| Linnaeus 1758 |