Translingual

Proper noun

Platycercini

1. A taxonomic tribe within the family Psittacidae – broad-tailed parrots, native to Australasia.

Usage notes

• Some consider the tribe invalid; others have placed it in Platycercinae in Psittaculidae.
• Not all the genera below are included by all authors

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Psittaciformes - order; Psittacoidea - superfamily; Psittacidae - family; Psittacinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (tribe): Prosopeia, Eunymphicus, Cyanoramphus, Purpureicephalus, Barnardius, Platycercus, Northiella, Psephotus, Neopsephotus, Neophema, Lathamus, Melopsittacus, Pezoporus, Geopsittacus - genera