Polytelis

The genus Polytelis (literally translates into 'magnificent') of the family Psittaculidae consists of three species long-tailed parrot endemic to Australia. Traditionally, it was included in the Australian broad-tailed parrots (tribe Platycercini),^[2] but molecular studies place the genus within the Polytelini.

Polytelis
Regent parrots, Polytelis anthopeplus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Tribe:	Polytelini
Genus:	Polytelis Wagler, 1832
Type species
Psittacus barrabandi[1] Swainson, 1821
Species
Polytelis alexandrae Polytelis anthopeplus Polytelis swainsonii

A 2017 molecular study placed the regent parrot as an early offshoot to the genus Asprosmictus and not as closely related to the other two species.^[3]

Taxonomy

The genus has three species.^[4]

Genus Polytelis – Wagler, 1832 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Superb parrot	Polytelis swainsonii (Desmarest, 1826)	New South Wales and Victoria.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Regent parrot	Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear, 1831) Two subspecies Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus (Lear) 1831 Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides Schodde 1993	southern Australia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Princess parrot or Princess Of Wales (POW) parakeet	Polytelis alexandrae Gould, 1863	Australia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT