Family Platycercidae (parrot)
Aves - Psittaciformes - Platycercidae
Parent taxon: Psittaciformes according to R. F. Baird 1992
Sister taxa: Cacatuidae, Halcyornithidae, Messelasturidae, Mopsitta, Nestoridae, Panpsittaciformes, Psittacidae, Psittaculidae, Quercypsittidae, Strigopidae, Strigopoidea
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platycercidae in the database