Charmosynopsis
Appearance
Charmosynopsis | |
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Fairy lorikeet (Charmosynopsis pulchella) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Tribe: | Loriini |
Genus: | Charmosynopsis Salvadori, 1877 |
Type species | |
Charmosyna pulchella Fairy lorikeet Gray, GR, 1859
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Charmosynopsis is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae that are endemic to New Guinea, the southern Maluku Islands.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Charmosynopsis was introduced in 1877 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori with the fairy lorikeet as the type species.[1] The genus was formerly considered as a junior synonym of the genus Charmosyna but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2020, Charmosynopsis was resurrected for two species in a discrete clade that was a basal to the other members of Charmosyna.[2][3][4]
The genus contains two species:[4]
- Blue-fronted lorikeet (Charmosynopsis toxopei)
- Fairy lorikeet (Charmosynopsis pulchella)
References
[edit]- ^ Salvadori, Tommaso (1877). "Prodromus ornithologiae Papuasiae et Moluccarum". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (in Italian and Latin). 10: 21–37 [37, Note].
- ^ Smith, B.T.; Mauck, W.M.I.; Benz, B.W.; Andersen, M.J. (2020). "Uneven missing data skew phylogenomic relationships within the lories and lorikeets". Genome Biology and Evolution. 12 (7): 1131–1147. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa113. PMC 7486955. PMID 32470111.
- ^ Joseph, L.; Merwin, J.; Smith, B.T. (2020). "Improved systematics of lorikeets reflects their evolutionary history and frames conservation priorities". Emu - Austral Ornithology. 120 (3): 201–215. Bibcode:2020EmuAO.120..201J. doi:10.1080/01584197.2020.1779596. S2CID 222094508.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 July 2021.