Psittrichasiidae
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Psittrichasiidae is a family of birds belonging to the superfamily of the true parrots (Psittacoidea). It is a very small family, the smallest of the three families of the true parrots. It is divided into two subfamilies: Psittrichasinae and Coracopsinae, that contain a single genus each. The first contains a single species, native to New Guinea, and the second contains four living species distributed throughout Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean.
Genera
The family Psittrichasiidae contains two subfamilies:
Subfamily Psittrichasinae:
- Genus Psittrichas Psittrichas fulgidus - Pesquet's parrot
Subfamily Coracopsinae
- Genus Coracopsis Coracopsis barklyi - Seychelles black parrot Coracopsis nigra - Lesser vasa parrot Coracopsis vasa - Greater vasa parrot Coracopsis sibilans - Comoros black parrot (split from Coracopsis nigra)
Recent studies indicate that the extinct Mascarene parrot (Mascarinus mascarinus) was closely related to the members of Coracopsis.