Brotogeris

Brotogeris is a genus of small parrots endemic to Central and South America. Their closest relatives are the monk parakeet and the and the cliff parakeet in the genus Myiopsitta. They eat seeds and fruit.[1] The word brotogeris means "having the voice of a human". In the language of their native countries, which is mostly Spanish, they are called pericos - the translation of which is "parakeet". Their average lifespan is 15 years, although some have been reported to have lived up to 35 years. Also, the bird was found in Rio Grande do Sul in South America.

Brotogeris
Plain parakeet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Arini
Genus: Brotogeris
Vigors, 1825
Type species
Psittacus pyrrhopterus (grey-cheeked parakeet)
Latham, 1801
Species

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Taxonomy

The genus Brotogeris was introduced in 1825 by Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors with the grey-cheeked parakeet as the type species.[2][3] The name is from the Ancient Greek brotogērus meaning "with human voice".[4]

The genus contains eight species:[5]

Phylogeny

The species form a monophyletic group whose closest relatives are the monk parakeet and the cliff parakeet in the genus Myiopsitta. Within Brotogeris the species are divided into two separate clades.[6]

 
Myiopsitta

Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus

 
Brotogeris
 
 

Plain parakeet, Brotogeris tirica

 
 
 
 

White-winged parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus

 
 

Yellow-chevroned parakeet, Brotogeris chiriri

 
 
 

Tui parakeet, Brotogeris sanctithomae

 
 
 
 
 
 

Grey-cheeked parakeet, Brotogeris pyrrhoptera

 
 

Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis

 
 
 
 

Cobalt-winged parakeet, Brotogeris cyanoptera

 
 

Golden-winged parakeet, Brotogeris chrysoptera

 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. Alderton, David (2003). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Caged and Aviary Birds. London, England: Hermes House. p. 196. ISBN 1-84309-164-X.
  2. Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1825). "On the arrangement of the genera of birds". Zoological Journal. 2: 391-405 [400].
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 205.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. Ribas, C.C.; Miyaki, C.Y.; Cracraft, J. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships, diversification and biogeography in Neotropical Brotogeris parakeets". Journal of Biogeography. 36 (9): 1712–1729. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02131.x.

Further reading

Bencke, Glayson A., 2010.New and significant bird records from Rio Grande do Sul, with comments on biogeography and conservation of the southern Brazilian avifauna. IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA, 100(4), 391–402. 10.1590/S0073-47212010000400014


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