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Agapornis (lovebird)

Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae

Taxonomy
Agapornis was named by Selby (1836). It is extant.

It was assigned to Agapornithinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Psittaculidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Agapornis Selby
2014Agapornis del Hoyo et al.
2017Agapornis Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderPsittaciformesWagler 1830
familyPsittaculidaeVigors 1825
genusAgapornisSelby 1836

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Agapornis Selby 1836 [lovebird]
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Agapornis pullarius Linnaeus 1758 [Red-headed lovebird]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available