Genus of birds
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
^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Monographia Psittacorum" . Abhandlungen der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe, Königlich-Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (in Latin). 1 : 463–750 [501].
^ 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.
^ Peters, James Lee , ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World . Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 238.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 379. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Parrots, cockatoos" . World Bird List Version 8.1 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
^ 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. Bibcode :2017MolPE.107..499P . doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.022 . PMID 28017858 .
Genera of
parrots and their extinct allies