Tanygnathus
Tanygnathus megalorynchos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Psittaculini
Genus: Tanygnathus
Wagler, 1832
Species

Tanygnathus gramineus
Tanygnathus lucionensis
Tanygnathus megalorynchos
Tanygnathus everetti

Tanygnathus is a genus of parrots in the Psittaculini tribe, of the superfamily of Psittacoidea (true parrots).

Its species are native to Southeast Asia and Melanesia.

Taxonomy

The genus Tanygnathus was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Wagler in 1832.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the great-billed parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.[2][3] The name Tanygnathus combines the Ancient Greek words tanuō "to stretch out" and gnathos "jaw".[4]

The genus contains five species:[5]

Image Name Distribution
Great-billed parrot, Tanygnathus megalorynchos islands of Maluku, Raja Ampat, Talaud, Sangir, Sarangani, the Lesser Sundas
Blue-naped parrot, Tanygnathus lucionensis Philippines
Blue-backed parrot, Tanygnathus everetti Philippines
Black-lored parrot, Tanygnathus gramineus the Indonesian island of Buru.
Azure-rumped parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus Indonesia.

Genetic analysis has supported reclassifying all 4 species under Psittacula, making Tanygnathus a synonym of the former genus.[6]

References

  1. ^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Monographia Psittacorum". Abhandlungen der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe, Königlich-Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (in Latin). 1: 463–750 [501].
  2. ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 52.
  3. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 238.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 379. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Parrots, cockatoos". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. ^ Podsiadlowski, Lars; Gamauf, Anita; Töpfer, Till (2017). "Revising the phylogenetic position of the extinct Mascarene Parrot Mascarinus mascarin (Linnaeus 1771) (Aves: Psittaciformes: Psittacidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 499–502. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.022. PMID 28017858.


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