Broad-tailed parrot

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Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox A broad-tailed parrot is any of about 35–40 species belonging to the tribe Platycercini. The members of the tribe are small to medium in size, and all are native to Australasia, Australia in particular, but also New Zealand, New Caledonia, and nearby islands.

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An adult crimson rosella

Species

The budgerigar was traditionally placed in this tribe, but this inclusion is incorrect.<ref name="Wright">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Christidis1991">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=deKloet>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=Tokita>Template:Cite journal</ref> The closest relatives of the budgerigar are the lories and lorikeets.<ref name="Wright"/><ref name="Christidis1991"/><ref name=deKloet/><ref name=Tokita/> The genera Neopsephotus, Neophema, and Pezoporus are placed in a separate, but closely related tribe, the Pezoporini based on the paper by Joseph et al. (2011)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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