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Psittacinae is a subfamily of Afrotropical or Old World parrots; the eleven species are found in two genera. Among the species is the iconic African grey parrot. These parrots are native to sub-Saharan Africa, the island of Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula. The ''Poicephalus'' are usually green birds with different colored heads; the larger ''Psittacus'' are light grey with red tails. African parrots (at least the African gray parrot) have been known in Europe since Roman times. The African parrots, unlike their Neotropical cousins, are polyphyletic: ''Agapornis'' of Africa and Madagascar was found to be the sister group to ''Loriculus'' of Australasia and Indo-Malayasia and together they clustered with the Australasian ''Loriinae'', ''Cyclopsittacini'' and ''Melopsittacus''. ''Poicephalus'' and ''Psittacus'' from mainland Africa formed the sister group of the Neotropical ''Arinae'' and ''Coracopsis'' from Madagascar and adjacent islands may be the closest relative of ''Psittrichas'' from New Guinea. ==Taxonomy== This subfamily, together with its sister subfamily Arinae of Neotropical parrots, constitutes the family Psittacidae, one of three families of true parrots. Genus ''Psittacus'' *''Psittacus erithacus'', African grey parrot *''Psittacus timneh'', Timneh parrot Genus ''Poicephalus'' *''Poicephalus robustus'', Cape parrot * * ''Poicephalus robustus robustus'' (nominate subspecies) * * ''Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis'', brown-necked parrot (subspecies) * * ''Poicephalus robustus suahelicus'', gray-headed parrot (subspecies) *''Poicephalus gulielmi'', Jardine's parrot also known as the red-fronted parrot *''Poicephalus meyeri'', Meyer's parrot *''Poicephalus rueppellii'', Rüppell's parrot *''Poicephalus cryptoxanthus'', brown-headed parrot *''Poicephalus rufiventris'', red-bellied parrot *''Poicephalus senegalus'', Senegal parrot *''Poicephalus flavifrons'', yellow-fronted parrot *''Poicephalus crassus'', Niam-Niam parrot Traditionally, the ''Coracopsis'' genus (vasa parrots) is included in this subfamily, but recent molecular studies show that they are within a different family. An extinct prehistoric monotypic genus ''Bavaripsitta'' has been described. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Psittacinae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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